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FREELAND, Gene (b. 1928)

ProfessionsLabor official

Oral Histories

OH 0515

Labor official. His experiences as a member of the Dallas council of AFL-CIO. Early experiences in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at Dallas Power and Light; union steward in Meter Service Division, 1958; union president, 1960; union business manager, 1962-65; secretary-treasurer, Dallas AFL-CIO, 1965-79; problems of labor organizing in Texas; Texas government and organized labor; women and organized labor; ethnic minorities and organized labor; Texas “right-to-work” law; organized labor and community involvement; Dallas city government and organized labor; industrial unions versus construction unions.