Title

Interview with Tommy Lestage

Authors

Michael G. Hillard, University of Southern MaineFollow

Streaming Media

Date of Interview

5-9-2013

Duration of Audio File

Audio file #1 01:52:36

Interviewee

Tom Lestage

Gender

Male

Residence

Westbrook, Maine

Occupation/ Work History

Pulp Mill Worker and President of UPIU Local 1069

Role

Union

Mill or Principal Employer

S.D.Warren

Mill Location

Westbrook, Maine 04092

Keywords

S.D. Warren, Sappi, Paper Mills - Maine; Paper industry - Maine - History

Abstract

Tom Lestage discusses the attempt by Local 1069 to lead a worker buyout of the Westbrook mill in 1991 and 1992.

Comments

Details how it could of worked and how Scott sabotaged getting the

Document Type

Interview

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Tom Lestage, interview by Michael Hillard, May 9, 2013, Stories of Maine's Paper Plantation, Digital Maine, Maine's Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine