- Collection:
- Anne Braden Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Christopher Gastinger, June 25, 1991
- Creator:
- Gastinger, Chris, 1922-2002
- Contributor to Resource:
- Fosl, Catherine
- Date of Original:
- 1991-06-25
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers
Labor unions
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
International Harvester Company
Communism--United States
Communist Party of the United States of America
Labor union members--Kentucky--Louisville
Strikes and lockouts--Kentucky--Louisville
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Women labor union members--Kentucky--Louisville
African American labor union members--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations
Southern States--Race relations
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Fairness
Presidents--Election
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Courier-journal (Louisville, Ky.)
Cold War--Influence - People:
- Gastinger, Chris, 1922-2002--Interviews
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975
Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965 - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, 39.95233, -75.16379
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Interview with Chris Gastinger, June 25, 1991 conducted by Catherine Fosl.
Chris Gastinger began working at International Harvester in 1946 and became active in the United Farm Equipment Workers' Union (FE), Local 236, when it was created in 1947. In this interview, Gastinger discusses the FE union; how its leaders had close ties to the Communist Party, the interracial unity found amongst union members and the militancy of the union. He speaks about being fired from Harvester and later working for General Box Company. Gastinger also talks about meeting Carl Braden during a strike and the Bradens' reputation in Louisville after the Wade case. - Metadata URL:
- https://kentuckyoralhistory.org/ark:/16417/xt7hmg7frk85
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All rights to the interviews, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred to the University of Kentucky Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 interview : [00:41:25]
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Kentucky
- Rights:
-
