Amer H. Brooks discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Amer talks about coming to Lansing from Tennessee, being hired in May 1953 and being placed on the "cab line" to build convertibles. Amer describes a factory with few women and minorities and lots of hard work. He describes changing into work clothes right on the factory floor, the old time clock system and brags about only taking four sick days during his career.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2005-10-24
- Interviewees
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Brooks, Amer H.
- Subjects
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Brooks, Amer H.
Automobile industry workersMore info
Diversity in the workplaceMore info
Labor union members
Work environment
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:50:16
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Oct. 24, 2005, 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 15482
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6794367
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