Interview session 8, 2020 August 1
Scope and Contents
In the eighth interview session, conducted on August 1, 2020, Partridge discusses organizing postal workers to resist an attempt by the administration of President Donald J. Trump to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service at the time of the interview in 2020. He revisits the topic of his involvement with the Central American Solidarity Committee in the 1980s, talks about the connection between the labor movement and revolutionary politics in Central America, and discusses Canadian postal unions. He talks about his career as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Portland from 1984 to 2011. He also discusses campaigning for Jesse Jackson in the 1980s.
Dates
- Creation: 2020 August 1
Creator
- From the Collection: Partridge, Jamie G. (James Gilbert), 1949- (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Vallance, Stephanie (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
732 Megabytes (1 audio file (WAV, 1 hr., 6 min., 38 sec.))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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