[Alex Hernandez, a Hispanic American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Alex talks about growing up in the neighborhood, playing around the plant and his father's experience as a Fisher worker. Alex talks about being hired in March 1981 before he turned 18, making money, life in the factory, and his union involvement. He relates a story about men being allowed to work s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Hernandez, Alex (Interviewee)
McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer)
Judy, Gary (Interviewer)
Nicholson, Earl (Interviewer)
Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Hernandez, Alex > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Hispanic American labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Hernandez, Alex.
Automobile industry and trade.
Hernandez, Alex > Childhood and youth.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Dress codes in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing.
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 (98 min., 5 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Alex talks about growing up in the neighborhood, playing around the plant and his father's experience as a Fisher worker. Alex talks about being hired in March 1981 before he turned 18, making money, life in the factory, and his union involvement. He relates a story about men being allowed to work shirtless until a woman removed her shirt.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15519
Playing Time:01:38:05
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Alex Hernandez ; interviewers, Cheryl McQuaid, Gary Judy, Earl Nicholson, Marilyn Coulter.
Event Details:
Recorded on Mar. 8, 2006, as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.