Alex Hernandez, a Hispanic American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Alex talks about growing up in the neighborhood, playing around the plant and his father's experience as a Fisher worker. Alex talks about being hired in March 1981 before he turned 18, making money, life in the factory, and his union involvement. He relates a story about men being allowed to work shirtless until a woman removed her shirt.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2006-03-08
- Interviewees
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Hernandez, Alex
- Interviewers
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McQuaid, Cheryl
Judy, Gary
Nicholson, Earl
Coulter, Marilyn
- Subjects
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Hernandez, Alex
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers
Dress codes in the workplace
Hispanic American labor union members
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:38:05
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Mar. 8, 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 15519
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795288
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