Talk:Dave Beck

Sec. of Labor
I removed the references to Beck being asked to be Secretary of Labor three times. That's clearly a reference to Daniel J. Tobin, his predecessor. It's not mentioned in Beck's biography in the Biographical Dictionary of American Labor, which is pretty definitive. But if someone thinks it should go in, I'd suggest a better reference than a local magazine. - Tim1965 00:30, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

-- . . It is possible to respond to User:Tim1965 >>

The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History - www.HistoryLink.org - has

Beck, Dave (1894-1993), Labor Leader. Essay 2972

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2972

>>> « By 1933, when the NIRA (administrative NRA) was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt with its Section 7-a[], which stated that "employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing," Dave Beck had pretty much rounded up everything on wheels in Seattle. His technique was to organize the boss by convincing him that he could make more profit by paying higher wages and thereby creating stability.

His efforts were so successful and his public stature so great that, despite some disputes with the powers over the years, Beck was offered the position of Secretary of Labor by Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower. He declined all three offers to remain part of the labor movement.» <<<

Beck, Dave (1894-1993), Labor Leader. Essay 2972

By Ross Reider, February 14, 2001

Sources: McCallum, John, Dave Beck (Mercer Island, WA: Writing Works, 1978); Murray Morgan, Skid Road (New York: Viking Press, 1951); Harvey O'Connor, Revolution in Seattle (New York: Monthly Review Press, ca. 1964), 226-7.

--Laurencebeck (talk) 06:21, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Congratulations
Good job on the expansion of the article. Very interesting to read. Computer not responding 01:42, 2 October 2007 (UTC)