[Rosalind Wright, an African American, discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Roz talks about being hired in 1979, working 87 days and being laid off and getting rehired in March 1981. Roz tells about her involvement in Employee Participation Groups, the Paint Discovery Team, Ergonomics, ADAPT program, the Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership, and her union activity.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Wright, Rosalind (Interviewee), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Wright, Rosalind > Interviews.
Wright, Rosalind.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Career changes > Michigan > Lansing.
Voluntarism.
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 (44 min., 50 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Roz talks about being hired in 1979, working 87 days and being laid off and getting rehired in March 1981. Roz tells about her involvement in Employee Participation Groups, the Paint Discovery Team, Ergonomics, ADAPT program, the Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership, and her union activity.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15459
Playing Time:00:44:50
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Rosalind Wright ; interviewers, Cheryl McQuaid, Doreen Howard, Linda Johnson, Marilyn Coulter.
Event Details:
Recorded on May 2, 2006 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.