Oral history interview with James V. Carlson 1974
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- Name
- Carlson, James V (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James V. Carlson 1974
- Abstract
- Swedish family background; San Diego and southern California can plants, 1920s; University of California, Los Angeles; summer employment with Continental Can as bag sealer, can stacker; union growth, pay differentials, aims; World War II, stamp rationing, Air Corps, Southwest Pacific; personnel manager, Oakland plant, 1945; International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union: employment of minori ties and women; union priorities: wages, fringe benefits, job security; Sacramento plant; steel workers, Machinists Union; Hans Eggerss; Continental's organizational structure; employee training programs, can making school; responsibilities of Industrial Relations and Regional Manager.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; Containers; Industrial relations; Stevedores--Labor unions; Machinists--Labor unions; Carlson, James V; Continental Can Company; International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union; International Association of Machinists
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Note (Biographical)
- Manager for industrial relations.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on September 10, 1974.
- Note (Provenance)
- James V. Carlson Gift 1974
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13536843
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ryja-jn76
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.