[Rudolfo (Rudy) Reyes, a Hispanic American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Rudy talks about being hired, quitting, and being hired again in April 1969 and his father's resistance to Rudy working at Fisher. He describes a variety of jobs, work on the second shift, his union activity, union community service and his passion for helping people, achieving elected office in Loc...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Reyes, Rudolfo (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Reyes, Rudolfo > Interviews.
Reyes, Rudolfo.
Reyes, Rudolfo > Family.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Work and family.
Night work > Michigan > Lansing.
Voluntarism.
Strikes and lockouts > Automobile industry > 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 (31 min., 1 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Rudy talks about being hired, quitting, and being hired again in April 1969 and his father's resistance to Rudy working at Fisher. He describes a variety of jobs, work on the second shift, his union activity, union community service and his passion for helping people, achieving elected office in Local 602, and the strike in 1970.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15555
Playing Time:00:31:01
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Rudolfo Reyes ; interviewers, Marilyn Coulter, Michael Fleming, Doreen Howard, John Fedewa.
Event Details:
Recorded on Aug. 11, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.