Mark Kirkey discusses his career as a production worker, skilled trades toolmaker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Mark describes being hired in November 1984 after working at Lindel Drop Forge and Jet Die & Engineering. He describes the differences between Fisher and his other workplaces and his motive for coming to Fisher. Mark talks about the duties of a toolmaker, life in the plant, overtime, and relations with management and production.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-10-14
- Interviewees
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Kirkey, Mark
- Interviewers
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Fleming, Michael
Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Howard, Doreen
Rademacher, Doug
Johnson, Linda
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Kirkey, Mark
Automobile industry workers
Career changes
Interpersonal relations
Labor union members
Quality of work life
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:37:55
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Oct. 14, 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 15530
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795298