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
- 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
Hernandez, Alejandro (Alex Hernandez)
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