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Doucette, Bud - Interview

Item number (ISN):

189209

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1980-07-01

Item number (ISN):

189209

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN SEAMEN'S UNION HISTORY PROJECT

Accession:

1991-0356

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1980-07-01

Production company:

Jim Green (Interviewer)

Description:

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Interview by Jim Green of Bud Doucette, veteran seaman, strike leader and ship's delegate with the Canadian Seamen's Union (CSU). Doucette begins with a discussion of the defection and betrayal of CSU president, Pat Sullivan, emphasizing that the sale of Canadian merchant ships by the federal government was more of a threat to Canadian seamen. He also talks about the history of the Lady Nelson and the Lady Rodney ships, both of which were hospital ships during the war and were later refitted as passenger liners and manned by poorly paid, nonunion crews. The problems facing the CSU including the failure of shipowners to respect union agreements, the CSU strike of the Great Lakes ships and the aggressiveness of the Seafarers International Union in its efforts to raid the CSU were difficult issues that Doucette recalls were paramount in the discussions during the 1948 CSU convention in Montreal. Another issue that Doucette brings forward is the demand of shipowners that the CSU disband their union hiring halls. He explains in detail the very fair and democratic procedures the CSU instituted for assigning seamen aboard ships. Tapes 103 and 104 are devoted to Doucette's participation in the 1949 CSU strike - a strike that the CSU lost against overwhelming odds. Among the points discussed are: the great support shown by dockers and trade unionists for the striking Canadian seamen whose vessels were struck in foreign ports; the role of the Canadian High Commissioner in London and the Commusist Party in the strike; "traitors" within the CSU; Doucette's experiences in British jails on trumped-up charges; the lack of support by the National Martime Union in the USA, long considered the American counterpart of the CSU; and finally, the demise of the CSU. In conclusion, Doucette discusses the merits of the CSU, the"vanguard" of what a democratic, rank-and-file union should be.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

192751

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1991-0356/099
1991-0356/100
1991-0356/101

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

334094

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9905-0054

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:42

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

334096

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9905-0055

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

46:24

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

583395

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

189209-1991-0356-099-S1.wav
189209-1991-0356-099-S2.wav
189209-1991-0356-100-S1.wav
189209-1991-0356-100-S2.wav
189209-1991-0356-101-S1.wav
189209-1991-0356-101-S2.wav

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

173:11

Made from:

1991-0356/099
1991-0356/100
1991-0356/101

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

583396

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

189209-1991-0356-099-S1.mp3
189209-1991-0356-099-S2.mp3
189209-1991-0356-100-S1.mp3
189209-1991-0356-100-S2.mp3
189209-1991-0356-101-S1.mp3
189209-1991-0356-101-S2.mp3

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

173:11

Made from:

1991-0356/099
1991-0356/100
1991-0356/101

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1004478

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9905-0054
A4 9905-0055

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1991-0356/099
1991-0356/100
1991-0356/101

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 9905-0054
A1 9905-0055

Reproduction access:

with written permission of Jim Green

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