Willie Fuller, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Willie describes being raised in Monroe, Louisiana. He attended college and hired into Fisher in August 1969. He describes work in the Body Shop where a majority of workers were black and were spread out on the line "so they couldn't talk." Willie spent a short time as a per diem supervisor but decided to get active in the UAW and was elected committeeman. He discusses racism, graffiti, and daily life in the factory.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-12-14
- Interviewees
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Fuller, Willie
- Interviewers
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Rademacher, Doug
McQuaid, Cheryl
Howard, Doreen
Fleming, Michael
Smith, Jerri
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Fuller, Willie
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
African American automobile industry workers
Business agents (Labor union officials)
Graffiti
Racism in the workplace
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:53:56
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Dec. 14, 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 15510
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795278
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