(3:33 min.) (13 of 24) 13 Hiring and the unions
Unions started up in earnest in 1935 or 1936. Sometimes you had to work around the union to get who you wanted for your crew. The stewards' crew didn't have much time when they were in port,...
Hiring call in old laborers' hall in basement of King's Kup restaurant, Noble Street, Fairbanks. The young woman in the photo is Debbie Reed: "My first job on the pipeline was Jan 10th, 1975 at Franklin Bluffs on the night crew laying down the...
"C" List jobseekers relax in front of the Odd Fellow Temple building on First Avenue, Fairbanks; this was once the hiring hall for operating engineers.