Beverly McKelvey, an African American, discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Beverly talks about being hired in October 1979, finding Fisher scary and amazing, and crying her entire first night. She describes being injured and out on Workers Comp. Beverly comments on dinners, relations with supervisors and coworkers, her union activity and the benefits.

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In Collections: Lansing Auto Town

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date: 2005-12-15

Interviewees: McKelvey, Beverly

Interviewers: Smith, Jerri
Fedewa, John
Coulter, Marilyn
Rademacher, Doug
Fleming, Michael
McQuaid, Cheryl

Contributors: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project

Subjects: McKelvey, Beverly
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
African American automobile industry workers
Interpersonal relations
Job stress
Personal injuries
Women labor union members
Michigan--Lansing

Material Type: Sound recordings

Language: English

Extent: 00:56:41

Venue Note: Recorded on Dec. 15, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.

Holding Institution: Vincent Voice Library

Call Number: Voice 15538

Catalog Record: http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795308