Frank Dryer discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
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Frank tells of being hired in August 1969 and working in the cushion room. He recalls receiving a copy of the union contract on his first day, the 1970 strike for 30 and Out, living on strike pay of $25 a week, and performing picket duty. Frank tells how he became a substance abuse counselor for the GM/UAW Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and how he has appreciated the union.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2005-09-13
- Interviewees
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Dryer, Frank
- Interviewers
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Rademacher, Doug
Fleming, Michael
McQuaid, Cheryl
Berry, Kathryn
Coulter, Marilyn
Howard, Doreen
Johnson, Linda
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Dryer, Frank
Automobile industry workers
Labor union members
Labor union members--Services for
Labor unions--Strike benefits
Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:09:08
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Sept. 13, 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 15504
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6794815
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