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Interview session 2, 2010 May 26

 Item — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

Tape 3, Side 1, through Tape 4, Side 2. In the second interview session, conducted on May 26, 2010, Richins revisits topics he discussed in the first session. He also describes how his Pentecostal faith informed his personality and social life, and discusses his work experiences in Portland while he was in college. He then speaks about working as a bus driver for Cherriots Bus Company in Salem, Oregon, beginning in 1974, and about joining the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 24. He describes how Cherriots employees changed their union to Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1594 in 1982, with the help of ATU International Vice President Mel Schoppert. He also talks about serving as treasurer for Local 1594, and describes the local’s first contract negotiations.

Dates

  • Creation: 2010 May 26

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

2 audiocassettes (2 hr., 25 min., 27 sec.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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