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This Is Your Union

Ephemeral film · 21 min

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Narrated by David J. McDonald, International President of the United Steel Workers

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Running time
21 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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★★★ · Powertools! · Spuzz · 2013-11-21

Narrated by the steely eyed president of the Union, David J Macdonald, this film mostly runs down the administration of the Union, and tells you, the steelworker, how you are protected! No date on here, but a glance of the history of the union and Mr Macdonald (who actually was appareantly quite "flamboyant") during the 1960s might be an interesting background before you view this film, as Mr. Macdonald might have been thinking right about now about serving more time as Union head, and his secretary treasurer was thinking about grabbing that chair from under him. Also the greatest line comes…