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Record information – Brief Tester, Jim - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1989-01-21Item number (ISN):138004Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:STOW, RickAccession:1989-0417Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1989-01-21Production company:Rick Stow (Interviewer)Description:Interview with union activist Jim Tester. Topics treated: background in union movement, role on negotiating committees at Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd., 1958 strike support for Inco workers, Clarie Gillis, unity at Falconbridge, bid for own local refused by Labour Relations Board, Tester's role as propaganda chief for local 598, 1965 certification vote campaign, election of Nels Thibault and Gillis, Frank Southern's book, Mine Mill a vigorous union, Bob Carlin's election as a result of worker unity, ideological differences between Carlin and David Lewis, Tester's relationship with Carlin, Gillis' history, Tester's work experience, bushworker's radio program, role as Labour Progressive Party organizer and federal candidate, opinions on NDP, Communist Party of Canada vs. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, role of state department, Canada's merchant marine destroyed. Canadian soverignty, tactical errors of NDP in 1988 election.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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