Karel (Frizz) Taborsky discusses his career as a UAW skilled trades electrician and a GM maintenance manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Karel discusses his childhood in the neighborhood near Fisher, how he got his nickname, his time in the U.S. Army, and hiring into Fisher in July 1971. Frizz talks about being hired straight into the apprentice program, being paid to learn, women on trades and life in the factory. He discusses his move to supervision and the culture difference between Oldsmobile and Fisher Body during the corporate restructuring in the mid 1980s.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-05-13
- Interviewees
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Taborsky, Karel
- Interviewers
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Rademacher, Doug
Nicholson, Earl
McQuaid, Cheryl
Judy, Gary
Martínez, Josefina
Smith, Jerri
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Taborsky, Karel
United States. Army
General Motors Corporation
Administrative agencies--Reorganization
Apprenticeship programs
Armed Forces--Military life
Automobile industry workers
Career development
Culture conflict
Diversity in the workplace
Labor union members
Middle managers
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:39:12
- Venue Note
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Recorded on May 13, 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 15572
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795337
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