Ken Slate discusses his career as a production worker, skilled trades electrician and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Ken describes his life prior to Fisher, his education and teaching career. He talks about being hired in September 1976 and being assigned to back glass in Trim then moving to the lead solder booth in Body Shop. Ken comments on serving his apprenticeship, his coworkers, pranks, training fellow electricians, dangerous work, and his union activity.

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In Collections: Lansing Auto Town

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date Published: 2005-10-10

Interviewees: Slate, Ken

Interviewers: Fleming, Michael
Smith, Jerri
Rademacher, Doug
Howard, Doreen
McQuaid, Cheryl

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

Subjects: Slate, Ken
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Apprenticeship programs
Automobile industry workers
Career changes
Labor union members
Work environment
Michigan--Lansing

Material Type: Sound recordings

Language: English

Extent: 00:51:48

Venue Note: Recorded on Oct. 10, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.

Holding Institution: Vincent Voice Library

Call Number: Voice 15563

Catalog Record: http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795331

Permalink: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5x926807

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