Roberta Cannon, an African American, discusses her career as a production worker at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Roberta talks about moving from Tennessee, meeting her husband Harvey in high school and hiring into Fisher Body in 1978. Roberta talks about her first day in the Trim Shop, childcare duties and working night shift. She tells about her jobs in inspection, relations with bosses, contract supervisors, racism and sexism, her UAW activity on the Civil Rights Committee, Women's Committee, and NAACP. She tells of community service, cooking at the union hall, retiree dinners, and proudly declares her kids are all college educated.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-01-19
- Interviewees
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Cannon, Roberta
- Subjects
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Cannon, Roberta
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
African American automobile industry workers
Business agents (Labor union officials)
Industrial recreation
Interpersonal relations
Women automobile industry workers
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:51:55
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Jan. 19, 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 15489
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6794801