G. Robert Vincent Voice Library
Lansing Auto Town Gallery

Milton Vann, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Milton recalls being hired in October 1967, serving in the Air Force, and receiving a BS in Social Science from MSU in 1971. He comments on diversity of race and backgrounds in Fisher, the nature of the work, heat, the snack wagon, strikes, strike pay, quality control, worker dedication, and his union activity.

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