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

Joe talks about coming from Texas at age 14, his father working for Lindel Drop Forge, and being hired by Fisher in October 1964 at age 18. He describes being placed on jobs that would "only go to Mexicans," some racial tension, relations with coworkers and managers, pranks, playing cards, the check...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Rodriguez, Jose (Interviewee)
Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer)
Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Rodriguez, Jose > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Hispanic American labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Rodriguez, Jose.
Automobile industry and trade.
Rodriguez, Jose > Childhood and youth.
Discrimination in employment > Michigan > Lansing.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Humor in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing.
Leisure.
Retirement.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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Local Note:
MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (42 min., 6 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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