Dona Jean Graham-Gillespie discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Description:

Dona Jean describes working at other GM plants in Lansing before coming to Fisher in 1994. She discusses learning about unionism at Fisher and the start of her union and political activism. She talks about life on the second shift, family issues, lay-off, sexism, and meeting her husband at a union meeting. Dona Jean discusses being elected Recording Secretary and other accomplishments.

Date Issued:

2005-12-06T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

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

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Family, Political activity, Women automobile industry workers, Business agents (Labor union officials), Automobile industry workers, Transfer, Night work, and Sexism

Subject Name:

Graham-Gillespie, Dona Jean, Graham-Gillespie, Dona Jean, Graham-Gillespie, Dona Jean, Graham-Gillespie, Dona Jean, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, and Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m58c9r46d