Kirk Harris discusses his career as a skilled trades toolmaker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Kirk tells of being hired in November 1974 at the Olds Forge Plant. He recalls serving an apprenticeship at Olds Main Plant and coming to Fisher Body in 1998 under provisions of the UAW/GM National Agreement Paragraph 96. Kirk describes his work as a toolmaker, life in the factory and comments on the union.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-10-11
- Interviewees
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Harris, Kirk
- Interviewers
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Rademacher, Doug
Howard, Doreen
Coulter, Marilyn
Johnson, Linda
- Subjects
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Harris, Kirk
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers
Labor union members
Michigan
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:44:33
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Oct. 11, 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 15517
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795286