[Karel (Frizz) Taborsky discusses his career as a UAW skilled trades electrician and a GM maintenance manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Karel discusses his childhood in the neighborhood near Fisher, how he got his nickname, his time in the U.S. Army, and hiring into Fisher in July 1971. Frizz talks about being hired straight into the apprentice program, being paid to learn, women on trades and life in the factory. He discusses his...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Taborsky, Karel (Interviewee), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Nicholson, Earl (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Judy, Gary (Interviewer), Martínez, Josefina (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Taborsky, Karel > Interviews.
Taborsky, Karel.
Taborsky, Karel > Childhood and youth.
United States. > Army > Military life.
General Motors Corporation > Reorganization.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Middle managers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Apprenticeship programs.
Diversity in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing.
Career development > Michigan > Lansing.
Culture conflict.
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 (69 min., 12 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Karel discusses his childhood in the neighborhood near Fisher, how he got his nickname, his time in the U.S. Army, and hiring into Fisher in July 1971. Frizz talks about being hired straight into the apprentice program, being paid to learn, women on trades and life in the factory. He discusses his move to supervision and the culture difference between Oldsmobile and Fisher Body during the corporate restructuring in the mid 1980s.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15572
Playing Time:01:39:12
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Karel (Frizz) Taborsky ; interviewers, Doug Rademacher, Earl Nicholson, Cheryl McQuaid, Gary Judy, Josefina Martinez, Jerri Smith, John Fedewa.
Event Details:
Recorded on May 13, 2006 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.