Lloyd Service discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Lloyd talks about being hired in November 1951, his first day in Trim putting on door handles and receiving no orientation. He describes the swing shift, having no breaks, use of foul language, and some pranks. Lloyd talks about his union involvement and 15 years as a committeeman, being a strike captain in the 1960s, and preventing the delivery of paychecks to the plant during a strike.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-11-01
- Interviewees
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Service, Lloyd
- Subjects
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Service, Lloyd
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers
Automobile industry workers--Training of
Business agents (Labor union officials)
Quality of work life
Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:20:25
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Nov. 1, 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 15562
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795330