Recherche dans la collection - MacMillan, John Francis "Lofty" - Interview

CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES / SYNDICAT CANADIEN DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE

1978-0129

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1977-11-16

Gil Levine (Interviewer)

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>

English

Restreint par créateur/donateur

MSS 24301

~Consultation open except for the Robert Rintoul interview which requires the permission of Gil Levine.

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions except for Robert Rintoul interview which requires the permisson of Gil Levine