Part 1: Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s and 1980s

This special podcast episode covers the Rhode Island Labor History Society Panel Discussion “Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s and 1980s: Stories and Lessons Learned by Those Who Were There” and features the first two panelists of the event, George Nee and Scott Molloy, Ph.D. 

George Nee, chairman of the Institute for Labor Studies and Research and President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, discusses the founding of Local 76, RI Workers Association. 

Scott Molloy, Ph.D. discusses his experience as a RIPTA bus driver and business agent for the Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 618, and starting the Rhode Island Labor History Society. Currently he is Professor Emeritus at the URI Labor Research Center and is finishing his memoirs.

Future segments will feature panelists Tracy Fitzpatrick, Jim McGetrick, and Reverend Duane Clinker.

Click here to watch the show: https://youtu.be/k5pk1OQyiqU 

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