September 2, 1985 - MPR’s Mark Heistad presents "The Strike is On!," an oral history of the early labor movement in Minnesota, with emphasis on the struggle to organize Iron Range workers, Austin’s Hormel strike, the Minneapolis truckers strike of 1934, and more.
August 24, 1985 -
August 24, 1985 -
August 24, 1985 -
August 24, 1985 -
August 24, 1985 - Story originally book-ended with Beatles All My Loving intro #16997997 and outro #16997999.
August 23, 1985 - Recollections of World War II as told by residents of New Ulm, Minnesota. Their stories were told to former Minnesota Public Radio producer Mark Heistad, who now teaches journalism at the University of St. Thomas. This documentary was produced with a grant from the Minnesota Historical Society.
August 10, 1985 - It's a frustrating feeling, the whole town going through nervous breakdown, affects anyone who earns any money anywehere, people lose secureity and their futures, they've paid a constulant for a corporate campaign, if they had the union leadership they were entitled to this wouldn't have happened. Austin has had labor peace for over 50 years, are people prepared for a strike? Hormel has a reputation for being fair with employees, people try to get into plant. The women intervied does not work for Hormel, is self-employed, she doesn't like the the union has been doing, many people are afreaid to spead out, they're afraid of the union. People are afraid of losing their jobs, people need business form Hormel exectuives and labor. Effect on Austin from a long strike will be tragic. It?s a long time before will be able to lure any kind of indtury into thie town.
August 10, 1985 -
August 10, 1985 -