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

Frank tells of being hired in August 1969 and working in the cushion room. He recalls receiving a copy of the union contract on his first day, the 1970 strike for 30 and Out, living on strike pay of $25 a week, and performing picket duty. Frank tells how he became a substance abuse counselor for the...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Dryer, Frank (Interviewee), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Berry, Kathryn (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Dryer, Frank > Interviews.
Dryer, Frank.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Strikes and lockouts > Automobile industry > Michigan > Lansing.
Labor unions > Strike benefits > Michigan > Lansing.
Labor union members > Services for > 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 (69 min., 8 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Frank tells of being hired in August 1969 and working in the cushion room. He recalls receiving a copy of the union contract on his first day, the 1970 strike for 30 and Out, living on strike pay of $25 a week, and performing picket duty. Frank tells how he became a substance abuse counselor for the GM/UAW Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and how he has appreciated the union.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15504
Playing Time:01:09:08
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Frank Dryer ; interviewers, Doug Rademacher, Michael Fleming, Cheryl McQuaid, Kathryn Berry, Marilyn Coulter, Doreen Howard, 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.