[Roberta Cannon, an African American, discusses her career as a production worker at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Roberta talks about moving from Tennessee, meeting her husband Harvey in high school and hiring into Fisher Body in 1978. Roberta talks about her first day in the Trim Shop, childcare duties and working night shift. She tells about her jobs in inspection, relations with bosses, contract supervisors,...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Cannon, Roberta (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Cannon, Roberta > Interviews.
Cannon, Roberta.
Cannon, Roberta > Childhood and youth.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
African American automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Women automobile industry workers > Employment > Michigan > Lansing.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing.
Interviews.
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Interviews.
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (51 min., 55 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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