Jose (Joe) Rodriguez, a Hispanic American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Joe talks about coming from Texas at age 14, his father working for Lindel Drop Forge, and being hired by Fisher in October 1964 at age 18. He describes being placed on jobs that would "only go to Mexicans," some racial tension, relations with coworkers and managers, pranks, playing cards, the check pool, and retiring after 38 years.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2006-01-24
- Interviewees
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Rodriguez, Jose (Automobile industry worker)
- Interviewers
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Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Rodriguez, Jose (Automobile industry worker)
Automobile industry workers
Discrimination in employment
Hispanic American labor union members
Humor in the workplace
Interpersonal relations
Leisure
Retirement
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:42:06
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Jan. 24, 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 15557
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795325
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