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Date of Interview
2-26-2003
Duration of Audio File
00:18:29
Interviewee
Jane Slaughter
Age
Born 1949, aged 54 at time of interview
Gender
Female
Residence
Detroit, Michigan
Occupation/ Work History
National journalist, author & editor at Detroit based Labor Notes magazine and institute; union activist. Consultant to S. D. Warren union leaders in the late 1980s
Role
Union
Mill or Principal Employer
Labor Notes, radical labor movement periodical and training institute
Mill Location
Detroit, Michigan
Keywords
U.S. labor relations, 1980s-200s, Paper Industry, S. D. Warren, Labor Unions - Maine, Labor Notes, labor reporter/author, labor radical
Abstract
Slaughter is a leading national writer, journalist, and educator. As co-director of Labor Notes, she is a leader of the radical wing of the U.S. labor movement from the 1970s to 2010s. Author of many books, including Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept (with Mike Parker). Slaughter also acted as a consultant to Maine paper unions in 1988 and 1989.
Document Type
Interview
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Recommended Citation
Jane Slaughter, interview by Michael Hillard, February 26, 2003, Stories of Maine's Paper Plantation, Digital Maine, Maine's Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine
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Labor History Commons, Oral History Commons, Social History Commons, Unions Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
United Paperworkers International Union Locals 9 (at S.D. Warren's Hinckley Mill) and Local 1069 (at S.D. Warren's original Westbrook mill) brought Slaughter to Maine in 1988 and 1989. Educated union leaders to resist "team concept" initiative called "Jointness" at Scott Paper Company owned mills. Helped build a radical perspective in Maine's overall labor movement.