Collection search - MacMillan, John Francis "Lofty" - Interview
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Record information – Brief MacMillan, John Francis "Lofty" - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1977-11-16Item number (ISN):177747Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / SYNDICAT CANADIEN DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUEAccession:1978-0129Media:SoundPart:2 of 2Production date:1977-11-16Production company:Gil Levine (Interviewer)Description:Interview of John Francis "Lofty" MacMillan, Director of Organization for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, by Gil Levine, Research Director for CUPE, about problems of mine safety; the fraternity of the miners; the elected Recording Secretary of the Miners' Local; the 1935 elected delegate to the Union of Mine Workers Washington Convention; Scottish traditions in the labour movement; the 1935 convention; meeting John L. Lewis; recollections of Silbey Barrett, the mine workers' leader; reasons for Cape Breton miners' militancy; Clarie Gillis elected CCF MP; the miners' strike at Port Hood mine; the miners charged with unlawful assembly; the mine closing in 1938; the miners as rum drinkers; politics among the miners; Angus L. Macdonald working for MacMillan's father; halloween in Port Hood; the miners' sense of brotherhood and loyalty - the classless society; the Cape Breton Temperance League; and Lent in Cape Breton. <1h 30mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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