[Mikel Lienhart discusses his career as a skilled trades painter and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Mike recalls being hired in October 1985 after working for many years as an AFL contract painter. He describes a painter's duties, the differences between AFL and UAW, benefits and wages, and why he decided to come to Fisher. Mike talks about the generosity of coworkers, relations with supervisors,...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Lienhart, Mikel (Interviewee)
Johnson, Linda (Interviewer)
Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer)
Howard, Doreen (Interviewer)
Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer)
Fleming, Michael (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Lienhart, Mikel > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Lienhart, Mikel.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobiles > Painting.
AFL-CIO.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Organizational change > Michigan > Lansing.
Work ethic > Michigan > Lansing.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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Interviews.
Sound recordings.
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MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (62 min., 10 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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