[Roberta Cannon, an African American, discusses her career as a production worker at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Roberta talks about moving from Tennessee, meeting her husband Harvey in high school and hiring into Fisher Body in 1978. Roberta talks about her first day in the Trim Shop, childcare duties and working night shift. She tells about her jobs in inspection, relations with bosses, contract supervisors,...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Cannon, Roberta (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Cannon, Roberta > Interviews.
Cannon, Roberta.
Cannon, Roberta > Childhood and youth.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
African American automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Women automobile industry workers > Employment > Michigan > Lansing.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Industrial recreation > 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 (51 min., 55 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Roberta talks about moving from Tennessee, meeting her husband Harvey in high school and hiring into Fisher Body in 1978. Roberta talks about her first day in the Trim Shop, childcare duties and working night shift. She tells about her jobs in inspection, relations with bosses, contract supervisors, racism and sexism, her UAW activity on the Civil Rights Committee, Women's Committee, and NAACP. She tells of community service, cooking at the union hall, retiree dinners, and proudly declares her kids are all college educated.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15489
Playing Time:00:51:55
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Roberta Cannon ; interviewers, Marilyn Coulter, Doug Rademacher, Michael Fleming, Cheryl McQuaid, Jerri Smith.
Event Details:
Recorded on Jan. 19, 2006, as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.