Sam Fountain discusses his career as a skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Sam describes being hired in September 1968, commuting from Lakeview, MI, and spending ten years on the assembly line. He talks about friction between production workers and trades, performing "government jobs," women in trades, minorities, friendships, conveyor breaks and a car pile-up, labor management relations, and the closing of the plant.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-02-02
- Interviewees
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Fountain, Sam
- Interviewers
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Howard, Doreen
McQuaid, Cheryl
Fedewa, John
Coulter, Marilyn
Nicholson, Earl
Rademacher, Doug
- Subjects
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Fountain, Sam
Automobile industry workers
Commuting
Diversity in the workplace
Industrial relations
Interpersonal relations
Labor union members
Plant shutdowns
Michigan
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:03:49
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Feb. 2, 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 15507
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795275