BASF Lockout Ends (1990)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Geismar, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1990-01-12
Duration: 00:05:20
Subjects: BASF Corporation | Labor | Unions
Contributors:
- Collins, Robert Host
- Duhe, Jeff Reporter
- Fink, Roy Interviewee
- Daigle, John Interviewee
- Gremillion, Esnard Interviewee
- LeBlanc, Bobby Interviewee
- Moran, Bill Interviewee
Description
This segment from the January 12, 1990 episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe’s report on the end of the five-and-a-half-year lockout of union employees at the BASF Wyandotte plant in Geismar, one of the longest lockouts in American history. He interviews: Roy Fink, BASF employee; John Daigle, president of the OCAW Local 4-620; Esnard Gremillion, the chairman of the OCAW Local 4-620; Bobby LeBlanc, BASF employee; and Bill Moran, BASF plant manager. Host: Robert Collins