Tom O'Connell
3 Collection Items
- Professor uses his illness as a teachable moment
MPR’s Tim Post profiles Monte Bute, a sociology professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. Bute is sharing one of the toughest struggles imaginable with his students…his battle with terminal cancer.
- The Willmar 8 women bank tellers' strike in '77
MPR’s Gretchen Lehmann profiles the historical impact of the “Willmar 8” and how it will be remembered by future generations. Lehmann interviews a member of the “Willmar 8” and two academics.
- Christine Mituzak and Tom O'Connell discuss labor movement / Gerry Sikorski and Alexs D. Pate interviews
From MPR Minnesota State Fair booth, Midday's Labor Day guests are Christine Mituzak, Community Service and Education Director at the Minnesota AFL-CIO and Tom O'Connell, Labor Studies Coordinator at Metropolitan State University. They discuss labor movement and labor unions today. This is followed by interviews with Minnesota politician Gerry Sikorski and author Alexs D. Pate.
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