Joe Collins Oral History
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Title
Joe Collins Oral History
Description
Joe Collins was born into a pro-union family in Brooklyn, NY. Collins briefly worked for the Edison Company before taking a civil servant job with the city of New York. Collins became chairman of the Civil Service Organization and was actively involved in the 1937 formation of the Civil Service Technical Guild. Collins left the guild and organized the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office as part of the ACEU-American Civic Employee’s Union, which became part of the Utility Workers Union. He discusses the ACEU’s opposition to the Communist dominated UPW and the eventual dismantling of the UPW. In 1951Collins helped organize the new chartered group into Amalgamated Local 37 and by 1954 Collins became chairman of the New York City Joint Board of the Government and Civic Employees. In 1956 the GCEOC merged with the AFSCME and Collins became a vice president.
Oral History Item
Interviewer
Mason, Philip
Interviewee
Collins, Joe, 1904-
Date Recorded
1976-06-01
Collection
Citation
“Joe Collins Oral History,” Michigan Oral History Database, accessed October 23, 2024, http://www.database.michiganoha.org/items/show/1827.