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- David recalls moving from North Dakota, working for the plant cafeteria and finally being hired by Fisher in June 1975. Dave tells about a variety of jobs and a series of layoffs until being hired by Local 602 as their janitor. Dave talks about his many duties at the union hall, the personalities he has worked with, and starting his own business.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-05-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Jerry talks about being hired in April 1968, his first day in the Paint Shop, hazards in the paint booths and life in the factory. Jerry comments on public perceptions of factory workers, his union activity and his responsibilities as Workers Compensation Chair.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-01-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Lansing autoworker Gary Watson, president of UAW Local 652, discusses his career at the General Motors Oldsmobile Main Plant in Lansing, MI. He talks about being born near Lansing, starting at the GM Fisher Body plant in 1957, moving to Oldsmobile after a series of layoffs and recalls, becoming a journeyman tinsmith and active in the union, efforts to desegregate the skilled trades, and bringing women into the trades. Watson also talks about being a local president, training new committee people, teaching existing members about unionism and the UAW, how his local and the international UAW function, how decisions are made, and why the union conducts political action efforts, and community projects. Watson is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Shirley talks about being hired in July 1949 as a material control clerk and being treated badly. She comments on how few women were in the plant mostly working in payroll. Shirley describes her work, the challenges, disparate pay, the Women's Club store and charities, the corporate reorganization to BOC and the animosity between Oldsmobile and Fisher managers. She also comments on the positive effect a UAW contract would have on salaried compensation.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-11-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Glen Green discusses his career as a machine repairman, tooling division worker and manager at the REO Motor Car Company, between 1937 and 1974. Green talks about his youth in the depression, hiring in at REO, his various jobs with the company, REO's eventual bankruptcy and the fate of worker pensions. He says that a family atmosphere was prevalent at REO and that much of a worker's social life was connected to the plant and its many social events and institutions, such as the company sponsored REO Clubhouse. Green also says, however that there were union-management conflicts and describes the famous Lansing Labor Holiday demonstration of 1937. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recording ends abruptly. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jimmy recalls being hired in February 1970 in the Body Shop. He describes being petrified and having to find restrooms and the cafeteria by himself. Jimmy talks about the 1970 strike for 30 and Out. He speaks of his transfer to Environmental Services and participating in bowling and billiard leagues with hourly and salaried coworkers.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Diane describes being hired at Chevrolet in Flint, entering skilled trades as a woman apprentice, becoming a UAW journeyman pipe fitter, supervising a maintenance crew, and eventually transferring to Fisher Body Lansing. Diane discusses previous union and nonunion work experience, sexism issues, relations with male tradesmen and management peers.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-11-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Russ describes the hiring process where you are selected based on your size and strength, being assigned to the Body Shop where his father supervised, and eventually moving to Fisher Repair at the Oldsmobile Main Plant. Russ talks about lay offs and the Trade Readjustment Act (TRA), various pranks including spreading urethane on the supervisor's phone. He comments on friendships, hobbies, bible study groups, and general life in the factory.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-01-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Fell tells of being hired in 1979, reaching 89 days and being laid off. He rehired in March 1981 and worked in the Trim Shop and eventually Paint Repair. He talks about being appointed as a night shift UAW Safety Rep. He describes the August 1982 fatalities, confined space entry, and safety lockout policies. He discusses everyday life in the factory, relations with management, changing perceptions of the safety department and joint UAW/GM programs.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-08-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sam describes being hired in September 1968, commuting from Lakeview, MI, and spending ten years on the assembly line. He talks about friction between production workers and trades, performing "government jobs," women in trades, minorities, friendships, conveyor breaks and a car pile-up, labor management relations, and the closing of the plant.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection