Russel Dahlstrom discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Russ describes the hiring process where you are selected based on your size and strength, being assigned to the Body Shop where his father supervised, and eventually moving to Fisher Repair at the Oldsmobile Main Plant. Russ talks about lay offs and the Trade Readjustment Act (TRA), various pranks including spreading urethane on the supervisor's phone. He comments on friendships, hobbies, bible study groups, and general life in the factory.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-01-03
- Interviewees
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Dahlstrom, Russel
- Interviewers
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Rademacher, Doug
Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Smith, Jerri
- Subjects
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Dahlstrom, Russel
Automobile factories
Automobile industry workers
Humor in the workplace
Labor union members
Trade adjustment assistance
Michigan
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:55:15
- Venue Note
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Recorded Jan. 3, 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 15496
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6794808