Interview session 5, 2018 July 10
Scope and Contents
In the fifth interview session, conducted on July 10, 2018, Butler looks at and talks about photographs from several JwJ actions, including at Powell’s Books, at the Parry Center, and at Providence hospital. She discusses the work of JwJ after the 2008 financial crisis, talks about photographs of those activities, and discusses JwJ’s work on immigrant rights. She describes their fundraising Grinch parties, which are now called Scrooge parties, talks about conflicts between labor organizations, and shares her reasons for retiring in 2013. She talks about conflicts within JwJ after she left, and shares her thoughts about the future of the labor movement.
Dates
- Creation: 2018 July 10
Creator
- From the Collection: Butler, Margaret (Labor leader) (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Bisgyer, Madeline (Interviewer, Person)
- From the Collection: Partridge, Jamie G. (James Gilbert), 1949- (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Peppers, Rich (Richard David), 1955- (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Scheer, Lorene (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
162 Megabytes (1 audio file (WAV, 1 hr., 28 min., 47 sec.))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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