George E. "Jeep" Gilliland Oral History Interview
Streaming Media
Description
Jeep Gilliland describes his long Labor history by starting with his apprenticeship in the Sheet Metal Workers' Union. Gilliland shares his knowledge of the Great Cowboy Strike (1883) and the labor trouble in the potash mines in Carlsbad. Gilliland served as the Business Rep for Local #49 for 3 terms before he was elected President of the NM State Federation of Labor in 1990. During his leadership tenure, he fought three major issues including Right to Work (killed 15 times), keeping the prevailing wage in place, and re-writing an improved NM Workers' Compensation Act. Gilliland also taught at the Rocky Mountain Labor School for nine years. Additionally, he shared his many awards earned over his active social and political life as well as displayed his artistic tables created from various metals woven together.
Publication Date
3-23-2017
Keywords
SMWIA Local #49, Union Charter boxes, Right to Work legislation, prevailing wage, NM Workers' Compensation Act, lobbying, PEBA (Public Employee Bargaining Act), Eviction notice to Governor Johnson, equal wages for women, negotiation, political blood, Ernie Hall (UA 412).
Disciplines
Labor History
Publisher
Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication, University Libraries, University of New Mexico
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Pinkey, Diane and George E. "Jeep" Gilliland. "George E. "Jeep" Gilliland Oral History Interview." (2017). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/24
Comments
1920x1088; MP4; No institutional restrictions are placed on the use of this collection. Use of material is allowed for educational and research purposes. The University Libraries do not hold copyright.