[Joseph Abraham discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Joseph tells of being hired in August 1981 and working in the Body Shop and Paint Shop. He also talks about an industrial accident in 1982 that claimed the lives of three persons from a booth cleaning crew.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors:	Abraham, Joseph (Interviewee), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[2006]
Subjects:	Abraham, Joseph > Interviews. Abraham, Joseph. Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Automobile industry and trade. Automobile factories > Accidents > Michigan > Lansing. Interviews. Sound recordings.
Genre:	Interviews. Sound recordings.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (71 min., 51 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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