[Kirk Harris discusses his career as a skilled trades toolmaker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Kirk tells of being hired in November 1974 at the Olds Forge Plant. He recalls serving an apprenticeship at Olds Main Plant and coming to Fisher Body in 1998 under provisions of the UAW/GM National Agreement Paragraph 96. Kirk describes his work as a toolmaker, life in the factory and comments on th...

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Corporate Author:	United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors:	Harris, Kirk (Interviewee) Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer) Howard, Doreen (Interviewer) Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer) Johnson, Linda (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[2005]
Subjects:	Harris, Kirk > Interviews. Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Harris, Kirk. Automobile industry and trade. Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Transfer. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.) Interviews. Sound recordings.
Genre:	Interviews. Sound recordings.
Online Access:	Connect to: Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (44 min., 33 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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