[Sam McGhee, an African American, discusses his career as UAW production worker and plant security officer at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Sam tells of being hired in May 1971 and being put on "the worst job" - welding wheelhouses. He tells of transferring to Security seven months later. Sam talks about his duties dealing with strikes, discharges, occasional fights, and describes an industrial accident in 1982 that claimed the lives of...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: McGhee, Sam (Interviewee), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
McGhee, Sam > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Police, Private > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
McGhee, Sam.
Automobile industry and trade.
Private security services.
Career changes > Michigan > Lansing.
Automobile factories > Security measures > Michigan > Lansing.
Automobile factories > Accidents > Michigan > Lansing.
Contracting out > Michigan > Lansing.
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (81 min., 54 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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