[Dave Dickhaut discusses his career as a production worker and UAW industrial hygiene technician for Local 602 at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Dave describes the duties of an industrial hygienist and being trained to perform the job. Dave talks about beginning his career at Fisher in 1967 while pursuing a degree at MSU. He tells about being selected for a series of "non-traditional" jobs. Dave shares memories about life in the factory and...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Dickhaut, Dave (Interviewee), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Dickhaut, Dave > Interviews.
Industrial hygienists > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Dickhaut, Dave.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile factories > Health aspects > Michigan > Lansing.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Transfer.
Automobile factories > Michigan > Lansing > Miscellanea.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Miscellanea.
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 (35 min., 50 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Dave describes the duties of an industrial hygienist and being trained to perform the job. Dave talks about beginning his career at Fisher in 1967 while pursuing a degree at MSU. He tells about being selected for a series of "non-traditional" jobs. Dave shares memories about life in the factory and concludes by giving a brief description of the replica Fisher Coach that was built by employees around 1985.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15503
Playing Time:00:35:50
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Dave Dickhaut ; interviewers, Linda Johnson, Cheryl McQuaid, Michael Fleming, Doreen Howard, Jerri Smith, Marilyn Coulter.
Event Details:
Recorded on Aug. 24, 2005, as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.