Event Description:Explore discoveries from an oral history project that focused on the experiences of ordinary Detroit-area autoworkers in the 1950s. Interviews led to the surprising discovery that, for autoworkers, the 1950s were a time of job instability and economic insecurity. The interviews also showed how autoworkers were complex, multidimensional people with a wide range of aspirations and concerns. Daniel J. Clark is the author of multiple works on United States labor history, including “Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s”, which presents life history narratives of a number of these workers and this talk will offer some highlights.
