[Lyle McFadden, an African American, discusses his 40-year career as a UAW production worker and plant security officer at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Lyle describes growing up in the neighborhood near Fisher, being hired in November 1956 and his first day on the wet deck. He reflects on segregation in the plant, the swing shift, and changeover. Lyle talks about transferring to Security in 1966, describes the duties, interactions with workers, str...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: McFadden, Lyle (Interviewee), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (65 min., 47 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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