The living history of the Rhode Island Labor Movement. Broadcast since 1986, Labor Vision is the only program dedicated exclusively to covering issues of concern to Rhode Island workers and their families.
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16 Mar 2023
Part 2: Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s and 1980s
This special podcast episode covers the second half of the Rhode Island Labor History Society Panel Discussion “Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s and 1980s: Stories and Lessons Learned by Those Who Were There” and features panelists Tracy Fitzpatrick, Jim McGetrick, and Reverend Duane Clinker.
Tracy Fitzpatrick organized jewelry employees. She served as Assistant Secretary of Labor in Massachusetts under Governor Dukakis and has been a consultant to many unions. She is currently a Life Coach.
Jim McGetrick was an organizer for the United Steelworkers of America at Electric Boat, Quonset Point. He taught in Providence as a member of the American Federation of Teachers. He has been a lifelong Irish-American activist.
Reverend Duane Clinker served as a Steelworkers’ shop steward at BIF. He headed the Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety and Health and was an active participant in the Community Labor Organizing Coalition (CLOC). Presently, he is the Reverend Doctor at the Mathewson Street United Methodist Church.
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8 Mar 2023
Part 1: Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s and 1980s
This special podcast episode covers the Rhode Island Labor History Society Panel Discussion “Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s and 1980s: Stories and Lessons Learned by Those Who Were There” and features the first two panelists of the event, George Nee and Scott Molloy, Ph.D. George Nee, chairman of the Institute for Labor Studies and Research and President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, discusses the founding of Local 76, RI Workers Association.
Scott Molloy, Ph.D. discusses his experience as a RIPTA bus driver and business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 618, and starting the Rhode Island Labor History Society. Currently he is Professor Emeritus at the URI Labor Research Center and is finishing his memoirs.
Future segments will feature panelists Tracy Fitzpatrick, Jim McGetrick, and Reverend Duane Clinker.
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