GM & UAW: In Their Own Words

Hugo Preuss
Hugo Preuss was born in Janesville in 1903.  From 1919 he worked as an electrician in the Janesville area, including a stint with the electrical contractor for the GM plant constructed circa 1923.  Preuss was an early member of the Janesville local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.  His tapes contain information on the nature of early electrical work and on the development of the IBEW in the Janesville area.

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