Roberta Cannon, an African American, discusses her career as a production worker at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Description:

Roberta talks about moving from Tennessee, meeting her husband Harvey in high school and hiring into Fisher Body in 1978. Roberta talks about her first day in the Trim Shop, childcare duties and working night shift. She tells about her jobs in inspection, relations with bosses, contract supervisors, racism and sexism, her UAW activity on the Civil Rights Committee, Women's Committee, and NAACP. She tells of community service, cooking at the union hall, retiree dinners, and proudly declares her kids are all college educated.

Date Issued:

2006-01-19T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Childhood and youth, African American automobile industry workers, Women automobile industry workers, Business agents (Labor union officials), Women automobile industry workers, Employment, Interpersonal relations, and Industrial recreation

Subject Name:

Cannon, Roberta, Cannon, Roberta, Cannon, Roberta, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, and Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5h12v77j