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

Mark describes being hired in November 1984 after working at Lindel Drop Forge and Jet Die & Engineering. He describes the differences between Fisher and his other workplaces and his motive for coming to Fisher. Mark talks about the duties of a toolmaker, life in the plant, overtime, and relations w...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Kirkey, Mark (Interviewee), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
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Kirkey, Mark > Interviews.
Kirkey, Mark.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Career changes.
Quality of work life > Michigan > Lansing.
Interpersonal relations > 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 (37 min., 55 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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