Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Oscar E. Collins [electronic resource], 1974Biographical NoteMachinist.
Scope and ContentsApprentice machinist, Seattle Astoria Iron Works, 1917; summer job canning for Pacific American Canneries, 1924; Continental Can take-over of Troyer-Fox, 1928; unionization, 1936; the Depression, World War II, making parts for Boeing; discussion of apprenticeship, timing jobs, hours, wages, promotion, safety and ventilation of plants, politics, pension.
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