[Harold E. Brown, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Harold discusses his life prior to Fisher Body, being a GM Gypsy, working in Pontiac and Flint before coming to Lansing in May 1985 and having a confrontation with his boss on the first day. Harold describes commuting a long distance to work, the 1998 Flint strike, his activity in UAW Local 1753 and...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Brown, Harold E. (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Berry, Kathryn (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Brown, Harold E. > Interviews.
Brown, Harold E.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile industry workers > Relocation > Michigan.
Commuting > Michigan.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Strikes and lockouts > Michigan > Flint.
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 (50 min., 19 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Harold discusses his life prior to Fisher Body, being a GM Gypsy, working in Pontiac and Flint before coming to Lansing in May 1985 and having a confrontation with his boss on the first day. Harold describes commuting a long distance to work, the 1998 Flint strike, his activity in UAW Local 1753 and Local 602 and his election as Workers Compensation and Unemployment Chair for Local 602.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15485
Playing Time:00:50:19
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Harold E. Brown ; interviewers, Marilyn Coulter, Cheryl McQuaid, Doreen Howard, Doug Rademacher, Michael Fleming, Kathryn Berry, Linda Johnson, John Fedewa.
Event Details:
Recorded on Sept. 13, 2005, as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.