Hattie Greene, an African American, discusses her 40-year career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Hattie describes being hired in April 1953 and working in the Paint Shop. She talks about wages, undesirable jobs, and discrimination. Hattie discusses relations with coworkers, sexual harassment, swing shifts, family life, and day-to-day 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
- 2005-11-16
- Interviewees
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Greene, Hattie
- Interviewers
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Coulter, Marilyn
Howard, Doreen
McQuaid, Cheryl
Johnson, Linda
- Subjects
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Greene, Hattie
African American automobile industry workers
Discrimination in employment
Families
Interpersonal relations
Sexual harassment
Wages--Automobile industry workers
Women labor union members
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:43:14
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Nov. 16, 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 15514
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795282
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