[Hattie Greene, an African American, discusses her 40-year career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Hattie describes being hired in April 1953 and working in the Paint Shop. She talks about wages, undesirable jobs, and discrimination. Hattie discusses relations with coworkers, sexual harassment, swing shifts, family life, and day-to-day life in the factory.

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Greene, Hattie (Interviewee)
Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
Howard, Doreen (Interviewer)
McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer)
Johnson, Linda (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Greene, Hattie > Interviews.
African American automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Women labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Greene, Hattie.
Automobile industry and trade.
Wages > Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing.
Discrimination in employment > Michigan > Lansing.
Greene, Hattie > Family.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Sexual harassment > Michigan > Lansing.
Interviews.
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Interviews.
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (43 min., 14 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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