| Interviewee | FREELAND, Gene (b. 1928) |
| Professions | Labor official |
| Interview ID # | OH 0515 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | 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. |
| Interviewer(s) | Amelia Kay King |
| Physical Description | 39 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
