[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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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

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