Ken Slate discusses his career as a production worker, skilled trades electrician and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Description:

Ken describes his life prior to Fisher, his education and teaching career. He talks about being hired in September 1976 and being assigned to back glass in Trim then moving to the lead solder booth in Body Shop. Ken comments on serving his apprenticeship, his coworkers, pranks, training fellow electricians, dangerous work, and his union activity.

Date Issued:

2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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, Automobile industry workers, Labor union members, Career changes, Apprenticeship programs, Automobile industry workers, Transfer, and Work environment

Subject Name:

Slate, Ken, Slate, Ken, 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/m5t14tq0k