Edward Volz Oral History
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Dublin Core
Title
Edward Volz Oral History
Description
Edward Volz, President of the Photoengravers’ Union from 1929-1954, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was apprenticed to a wood engraver at the age of fifteen and joined the Photoengravers Union at twenty-one when it was still part of the Typographical Union. In this interview he discusses how he became active in union “booster trips” and reminisces about various union officers. Volz talks about the various job classifications in his industry an how he helped get them under one minimum wage scale. He describes the 1922 lockout for a return to the 48-hour week, the movement for a general printing trades union and how he helped obtain the five-day week for his industry in 1929. Volz also recalls his experience as secretary on law of the AFL under the chairman of Dan Tobin and as a fraternal delegate to represent the AFL at the British Trade unions’ Congress in 1948.
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Hoffman, Alice M.
Interviewee
Volz, Edward, 1879-
Date Recorded
1973-03-12
Coverage
Chicago, IL; 1926-1974
Collection
Citation
“Edward Volz Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 23, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1805.