Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980 Page: 6
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Freeland:is, functions such as OSHA, labor-management reporting,
and all those. I'm familiar with it and give some experi-
enced knowledge in the implementation of their programs.
I would like now to ask you a couple of general questionsand I became the executive director of the Dallas AFL-CIO
Council, and I was elected as the secretary-treasurer.
In 1965?
Yes.
How long did you serve in that position?
From October 1, 1965, until March 31, 1979.
What are you doing now?
I am now with the Labor Department. I am the staff assis-
tant to the regional representative, responsible for inter-
governmental affairs of the Department of Labor. Edgar
Berlin is my boss, and he is Secretary of Labor Marshall's
appointee in this five-state region of Texas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and I am his staff assis-
tant.
Then, in a sense, you're still involved with unions but
not in the same way as you were before?
No. My experience is invaluable In this job because I know
the public figures, many of them personally, know the
machinations necessary to soothe the egos of elected offi-
cials. I'm familiar, very familiar, of course, with labor
laws and other departments in the Department of Labor, thatKing:
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King, Amelia Kay & Freeland, Gene. Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980, book, October 12, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085622/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.