Renida (R.T.) Taylor discusses her career as a production worker and member of the UAW Bargaining Committee at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
R.T. recalls her family and life in Endicott, NY, coming to Lansing with her new husband in 1972, being laid off from her job and standing in the rain with her sister for six hours to apply at Fisher before being hired in March 1981. She comments on the Trim Shop, coworkers, supervision, liking second shift, and her union activism. R.T. talks about her duties as a committee person and bargaining committee member, grievance handling, and the contract.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2006-01-06
- Interviewees
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Taylor, Renida
- Subjects
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Taylor, Renida
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.). Bargaining Committee
Applications for positions
Business agents (Labor union officials)
Career changes
Collective labor agreements
Families
Women automobile industry workers
Work environment
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:56:55
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Jan. 6, 2006 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 15575
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795340
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