Interview with Joe Jensen
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Date of Interview
6-20-2002
Duration of Audio File
Audio File 1 -- 01:09:48; Audio File 2 -- 0:48:27
Interviewee
Joe Jensen
Age
Born approximately 1942, 60 at time of interview
Gender
Male
Description
Jensen was a member of the in-plant organizing team for what would become United Paperworkers International Union Local 1069 at the S.D. Warren mill in Westbrook, Maine. He worked at S.D. Warren from 1960 until 1997.
Birth Place
Westbrook, Maine
Residence
Westbrook, Maine
Occupation/Work History
Worked in S.D. Warren finishing department, later became a manager.
Role
Union
Mill or Principal Employer
S.D. Warren Company
Mill Location
Westbrook, Maine
Keywords
S.D. Warren, Paper Industry, Labor History, Unions
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Joe Jensen" (2002). S.D. Warren Company. 43.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/43
Comments
Besides telling the story of the unionization campaign for Local 1069, has many descriptions of antiquated work processes in the 1960, while depicting what union organizers saw as a discrepancy between what other, unionized Maine mills offered in pay and benefits compared to Westbrook at the time of unionization. Also discusses widespread favoritism in pay and job assignments, and how the advent of union representation brought an end to that form of discrimination.