[Randal Taylor discusses his career as a production worker, skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Randy talks about being hired at AC Spark Plug Flint (which became Delphi) in May 1994 and coming to the Fisher Body Paint Shop in January 2000 as a Delphi "flow back." He discusses commuting, his apprenticeship at AC Spark Plug, millwright work, and compares Fisher to AC Spark Plug. Randy comments...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Taylor, Randal (Interviewee), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Taylor, Randal > Interviews.
Taylor, Randal.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile industry workers > Relocation > Michigan.
Commuting.
Apprenticeship programs > Michigan > Flint.
Automobile factories > Michigan.
Work environment > Michigan > Lansing.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Strikes and lockouts > Michigan > Lansing.
Interviews.
Oral history.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral history.
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 (58 min., 3 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Randy talks about being hired at AC Spark Plug Flint (which became Delphi) in May 1994 and coming to the Fisher Body Paint Shop in January 2000 as a Delphi "flow back." He discusses commuting, his apprenticeship at AC Spark Plug, millwright work, and compares Fisher to AC Spark Plug. Randy comments on the Paint Shop, critters in the plant, relations with supervisors, and the strikes in 1995 and 1998.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15574
Playing Time:00:58:03
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Randal Taylor ; interviewers, Doug Rademacher, Michael Fleming, Cheryl McQuaid, Linda Johnson, Doreen Howard, Marilyn Coulter, John Fedewa, Jerri Smith.
Event Details:
Recorded on Oct. 5, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.