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Amer H. Brooks discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
- Description:
- Amer talks about coming to Lansing from Tennessee, being hired in May 1953 and being placed on the "cab line" to build convertibles. Amer describes a factory with few women and minorities and lots of hard work. He describes changing into work clothes right on the factory floor, the old time clock system and brags about only taking four sick days during his career.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Place:
- Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing
- Subject Topic:
- Career in automobile industry and trade, Automobile industry workers, Labor union members, Diversity in the workplace, and Work environment
- Subject Name:
- Brooks, Amer H. and Brooks, Amer H.
- Subject Genre:
- Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- URL:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5z31np2t