Frank Froschle Oral History Interview
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Description
Frank Froschle started his Union life working as a Union bricklayer apprentice during his college summer breaks. Froschle then joined the very first Peace Corps cohort in 1961. Upon returning from the Philippines, he made his way to Chicago IL where he participated in social activism in civil rights and the anti-war movement. After finishing his RN degree in 1971, he worked in various nursing jobs around the country and finally arrived in Crownpoint NM where he worked for the Indian Health Service. In 1981, he started work at St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe; he also joined 1199NM. Froschle describes Union actions and events that occurred from 1981 to the present as the hospital transitioned to Christus St. Vincent's in Santa Fe, NM.
Publication Date
3-14-2017
Keywords
District 1199 NM Hospital Workers Union, safe nurse legislation, patient load, corporate health care, contract negotiation and legislation, Strike, traveling nurses, informational picket, community support, the indigent fund, psychiatric nurse.
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 Frank Froschle. "Frank Froschle Oral History Interview." (2017). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wphnm/28
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.