[David Karkau discusses his career as a skilled trades pipefitter and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Dave talks about being hired in August 1976, his first day in the Body Shop jungle, and a variety of pranks. He tells of beginning his apprenticeship in 1979 and receiving his journeyman's card 1989. Dave discusses lines of demarcation, overtime, wages, family issues and working Sundays when familie...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Karkau, David (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Karkau, David > Interviews.
Karkau, David.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Quality of work life > Michigan > Lansing.
Career development > Michigan > Lansing.
Humor in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing.
Karkau, David > Family.
Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing.
Interviews.
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Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (57 min., 12 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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