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Interview session 8, 2014 May 29

 Item — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

Tape 9, Side 1, through Tape 10, Side 2. In the eighth and final interview session, conducted on May 29, 2014, Edwards reflects on his career as an electrician, from his apprenticeship in the 1970s up to his work as international business representative for Local 48. He also talks about the need to recruit a younger and more diverse group of people to become union electricians, about the training the union offers its members and the community, and about reasons why some electricians might avoid joining the union. He closes the interview by discussing his plans for retirement, talking about business managers who succeeded him, and sharing his thoughts about the future of the IBEW.

Dates

  • Creation: 2014 May 29

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

2 audiocassettes (1 hr., 35 min., 50 sec.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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