[Renida (R.T.) Taylor discusses her career as a production worker and member of the UAW Bargaining Committee at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

R.T. recalls her family and life in Endicott, NY, coming to Lansing with her new husband in 1972, being laid off from her job and standing in the rain with her sister for six hours to apply at Fisher before being hired in March 1981. She comments on the Trim Shop, coworkers, supervision, liking seco...

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Corporate Author:	United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors:	Taylor, Renida (Interviewee), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Nicholson, Earl (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[2006]
Subjects:	Taylor, Renida > Interviews. Taylor, Renida. Taylor, Renida > Family. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.). > Bargaining Committee. Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Automobile industry and trade. Career changes > Michigan > Lansing. Applications for positions. Work environment > Michigan > Lansing. Collective labor agreements > 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 (56 min., 55 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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