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1. Steve Pettinger discusses his career as a skilled trades electrician and member of the UAW/GM Safety Lockout Team at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Steve talks about his career with the IBEW before hiring into GM in November 1983. He describes working at several plants in Lansing before coming to Fisher in July 1992. Steve talks about the Body Shop's transition from hand welders to leaky hydraulic robots to electric FANUC robots. He comments on relations between production and skilled trades, his move to the Safety Lockout project, placarding, women and minorities in skilled trades, and the closing of Fisher.
Date Issued:
2005-10-14T00:00:00Z
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Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

2. Sam Fountain discusses his career as a skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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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

3. Sam Fountain discusses his career as a skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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

4. Steve Pettinger discusses his career as a skilled trades electrician and member of the UAW/GM Safety Lockout Team at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:
Steve talks about his career with the IBEW before hiring into GM in November 1983. He describes working at several plants in Lansing before coming to Fisher in July 1992. Steve talks about the Body Shop's transition from hand welders to leaky hydraulic robots to electric FANUC robots. He comments on relations between production and skilled trades, his move to the Safety Lockout project, placarding, women and minorities in skilled trades, and the closing of Fisher.
Date Issued:
2005-10-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection