G. Robert Vincent Voice Library
Lansing Auto Town Gallery

Lloyd Service discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Lloyd talks about being hired in November 1951, his first day in Trim putting on door handles and receiving no orientation. He describes the swing shift, having no breaks, use of foul language, and some pranks. Lloyd talks about his union involvement and 15 years as a committeeman, being a strike captain in the 1960s, and preventing the delivery of paychecks to the plant during a strike.

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