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- Identifier:
- 4224.BallSterling.AudioInt.12.3.20
- Title:
- Oral history of Sterling Ball
- Date:
- 2020-12-03
- Creator:
- Ball, Sterling
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Labor union members, Supermarkets, Nursing homes--Employees, Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926, Food industry and trade--Employees, Strikes and lockouts, Labor disputes--West Virginia, Collective bargaining--Service industries, Working class families, Labor union locals, Working class--Songs and music
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.), Parkersburg (W. Va.)
![["Sterling Ball (b. January 9, 1947, Parkersburg, WV) is a retired UFCW Local 347 president, labor organizer, songwriter and poet, a former Kroger worker, and veteran. In this interview he discusses the history of Local 347 (which has since merged with Local 400), his songs and poems, his experience in collective bargaining, labor actions, and strikes across West Virginia and Ohio, the future of the labor movement, and more. Ball is a lifelong resident of Parkersburg, WV.This interview is part of a collection of interviews with UFCW member Kroger workers conducted remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic."]%](/image/4224BallSterlingIntTranscript12320/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.BallSterling.IntTranscript.12.3.20
- Title:
- Transcript of oral history of Sterling Ball
- Date:
- 2020-12-03
- Creator:
- Ball, Sterling
- Contributor:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Supermarkets, Labor disputes--West Virginia, Strikes and lockouts, Collective bargaining--Service industries, Working class--Songs and music, Working class families, Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926, Labor union locals, Labor union members, Food industry and trade--Employees, Nursing homes--Employees
- Location:
- Parkersburg (W. Va.), Charleston (W. Va.)
