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- Willie describes being raised in Monroe, Louisiana. He attended college and hired into Fisher in August 1969. He describes work in the Body Shop where a majority of workers were black and were spread out on the line "so they couldn't talk." Willie spent a short time as a per diem supervisor but decided to get active in the UAW and was elected committeeman. He discusses racism, graffiti, and daily life in the factory.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Professor of Sociology Soma Chaudhuri delivers a talk entitled, "Organizing in a Precarious World of Work: The Self Employed Women's Association of India". Chaudhuri describes the origins and operations of the Indian group SEWA and their efforts to bring economic justice to Indian women who perform the most undesirable jobs, usually outside of the formal employment structure. A question and answer session follows. Chaudhuri is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and co-sponsored by the MSU Asian Studies Center, MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, and the MSU Women's Resource Center. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-02-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marta describes her life as a Cuban American immigrant, her family, the hiring process and her first day in the factory in August 1977. Marta comments on Latino culture, the treatment of women, sexism, sexual harassment, life on the night shift, her UAW involvement and elected offices and community activity. She also talks about special assignments on new product launches.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Though never UAW members, they discuss their job responsibilities, promotions and work relations with male employees and managers. They describe disparate treatment including being forced to quit when they became noticeably pregnant, restrictions on women smoking and other double standards.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-01-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Clare Luz, professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "Critical lifelines: the lives and work of personal care workers." Luz discusses her research on personal care workers and shares stories of the workers from Michigan who she interviewed. Luz says there is a shortage of personal care workers in the U.S., especially in Michigan, which could be addressed by paying higher wages, improving working conditions, and encouraging broad societal support of those in the field. Khalid Ibrahim, Clinical Research Informatics Technologist with the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at MSU, who also participated in the personal care worker study, provides additional commentary on the interviews of care workers. Luz answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Professor John P. Beck from the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An application for employment by Frank J. Dwyer of 918 Genesee Street, Lansing.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- RE Olds and RE Olds Anderson Collection
- Description:
- Retired Major Clara Christine "Chris" Johnson talks about her life and education in Jackson, Mississippi and Chicago, Illinois and her service in the U.S. Air Force. Johnson says that the Air Force was one of the few employers to provide opportunities for young African-American women after she left school and that she enlisted in 1950 and was sent to San Antonio for training. She talks about her duty as a "float designer" in the Special Services Unit at the San Antonio Air Force Base and says that she later was accepted to Officer Candidate School and graduated in 1954. As an officer, she says that she served in Cheyenne, Wyoming and in Great Britain and then went through officer's flight training in 1963 in Amarillo, Texas and then worked with the Ground Electronic Engineering Installation Agency, where she managed the United States' ground radio and airborne radar communications throughout the country and abroad. Johnson says that she later served in Vietnam and describes her service there and says that she returned to the U.S. in June 1969 and retired from the Air Force in 1970. After her military career, Johnson says that she became a college professor and lobbyist for human rights. Ruth F. Stewart interviews Johnson.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Theodora C. Smolinski talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and later the Women's Army Corp during World War II. She says that she was working as a stenographer and switchboard operator for a company in Pittsburgh when, motivated by patriotism, she enlisted in October 1942 and later found herself being shipped overseas aboard the Queen Mary. She discusses the bases she served at in both England and France, describes her Army duties as a switchboard operator, her pay, her rank, her uniforms, and being segregated from the men. Smolinski says she returned to her employer in Pittsburgh after her discharge in 1945, used the GI Bill to earn a certificate in occupational therapy and later an undergraduate degree and that her time in the military gave her a sense of confidence which was important to her throughout her life. Smolinski is interviewed by Amelia Bunder.
- Date Issued:
- 1984-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Silkscreen poster shows two women holding large signs with SACTU demands listed on them. One woman has her fist raised. Title of poster is in white with background in blue. Women and signs in blue and black ink.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Africana Posters Collection
- Description:
- Poster shows image of people protesting in front of a U.S. Steel plant. One is holding a sign that reads "Fight racism - ally with workers, SDS." Text is above image.
- Date Issued:
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Radicalism Posters Collection