Watkins, Barron
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Baron Watkins oral history interview, July 5, 1995
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Identifier: WatkinsB_L1995-12_22
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Christine Lutz: Watkins discusses some of his personal background and then jumps into the topic of employers creating retirement programs after World War II. He says his experience in the labor movement began in 1942 when he joined the Bookbinders Union. By 1951 the workers of Follett Paper switched allegiance and became members of the Pressman’s Union. He talks about working for the Pressman’s International in the 1970s. Watkins believes the technological changes in the...
Dates:
July 5, 1995