David Karkau discusses his career as a skilled trades pipefitter and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:: Dave talks about being hired in August 1976, his first day in the Body Shop jungle, and a variety of pranks. He tells of beginning his apprenticeship in 1979 and receiving his journeyman's card 1989. Dave discusses lines of demarcation, overtime, wages, family issues and working Sundays when families of the tradesmen would come to the plant and picnic outside.
Date Issued:: 2005-10-17T00:00:00Z
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, Automobile industry workers, Labor union members, Quality of work life, Career development, Humor in the workplace, Karkau, David, Family, and Industrial recreation
Subject Name:: Karkau, David and Karkau, David
Subject Genre:: Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m56d5pb50