Interview with Ed Tolfa and Frank Komerich, November 10, 1981, Tape 1, Side 1
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0065-t1s1
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Title
Interview with Ed Tolfa and Frank Komerich, November 10, 1981
Subject
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. Aliquippa Works, LTV Steel Company, Pittsburgh Mercantile Company, Tolfa, Ed, Komerich, Frank, Labor unions, Union busting, Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937, Depressions--1929, World War, 1939-1945, Ethnic relations, Deindustrialization
Description
[t1s1]Frank Komerich, a Croatian, talks about unionization efforts in Aliquippa the 1920s and 1930s: underground methods; town police; stool pigeons; intimidation; Black and the 1937 strike. He talks about Jones & Laughlin Steel Company (J & L) and Aliquippa: Pittsburgh Mercantile store and coupon system; taking workers to the polls; permission needed for weddings. He talks about food during the Depression; ethnic groups and activities. Ed Tolfa and Frank Komerich discuss J & L vegetable gardens during the Depression; LTV Steel in the 1970s; West Aliquippa changed end of 1970s. [t1s2]Frank Komerich talks about the rise of unions; strikes; arbitration; 1939 training in grievances; effect of World War II on union; 1940s to 1960s union negotiations. Ed Tolfa reflects on struggles during the Depression. Ed Tolfa and Frank Komerich talk about the 1937 strike; recreation in the 1920s and 1930s; J & L police; ethnic groups; Blacks.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Tolfa, Ed (interviewee), Komerich, Frank (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1981-11-10
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 86 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0065
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Aliquippa (Pa.)
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