Bud Williams, an African American, discusses his career as a UAW production worker and GM manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Bud talks about life in Camden, SC, being hired in September 1964, his experiences as a worker in the Trim Shop, and his transition to salaried in 1975. He also discusses the reorganization of GM in the mid 1980s, BOC, and the merging of salaried people between Oldsmobile and Fisher.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-10-25
- Interviewees
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Williams, Bud
- Interviewers
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Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Rademacher, Doug
Fedewa, John
Johnson, Linda
Howard, Doreen
- Subjects
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Williams, Bud
General Motors Corporation
Administrative agencies--Reorganization
Automobile industry workers
Career development
Labor union members
Middle managers
Michigan--Lansing
South Carolina--Camden
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:41:00
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Oct. 25, 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 15462
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795347
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