- Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Title:
- James Herbert "Herb" Butler oral history interview, 1996-08-03
- Creator:
- Butler, James Herbert
- Contributor to Resource:
- Lutz, Christine
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1996-08-03
- Subject:
- Labor unions--Political Activity
Automobile industry workers--Labor unions
Automobile industry and trade
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
audiocassettes - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Herb Butler was born November 4, 1927 in Silver Grove, Kentucky. He has been affiliated with the United Auto Workers (UAW) of which he served as chairman from 1953 to 1957, Region & Servicing Representative and Staff Member International Representative in 1957, a member of the Employment Security Agency Advisory Council, and Director of the Atlanta area UAW from 1969 to 1990. Besides his UAW activities, Butler was affiliated with the National Maritime Union (NMU-AFL), as well as the State of Georgia Board of Natural Resources.
Butler argues eloquently that, “working people need a voice.” He discusses life with the United Auto Workers (UAW), and his current volunteer work with union retirees. He gives candid opinions of political figures and whether or not they have been good from the point of view of organized labor. He says, “I have got a great deal of satisfaction from [being in a union] and my family has been able to live…decently…because of the union activities…and the benefits that we’ve been able to have by being a union member. Concerning the statement that unions aren’t necessary today, Butler says, “People say you can’t organize today. You can if you go out and ask workers. The need is there…All you have got to do is…get out there and talk to them and tell them what unions are all about and how great they are, how great they are.” - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/6062
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/labor:6062/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Butler, James Herbert "Herb," interviewed by Chris Lutz, August 3, 1996, Voices of Labor Oral History Project, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:44:11
- Original Collection:
- Voices of Labor Oral History Project
http://research.library.gsu.edu/VoicesofLabor
Southern Labor Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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