Rick Madrid NUMMI Hat

Description:

New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) was an auto manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, that was jointly operated by Toyota and General Motors from 1984 until 2010. GM had operated the plant at Fremont from 1960, where the clashes between management and union workers grew so contentious that the plant closed in 1982. When it reopened as a joint venture between Toyota and GM, Japanese management techniques had been studied and implemented to emphasize collaboration and teamwork between workers and management. The objects collected from NUMMI included donations from Judy Weaver (engineering department secretary) and Rick Madrid (quality control), who submitted winning essays on the concept of teamwork.

Rick Madrid wore this hat with the NUMMI logo as part of his uniform. The hat is adorned with a variety of pins celebrating work projects, special awards, personal flair, or milestones that were achieved during Madrid’s work at the NUMMI plant.

Date Made: 1989

Worn: United States: California, Fremont

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Work, American Enterprise

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Related Publication: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America

Credit Line: Rick M. Madrid

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1989.0402.19Accession Number: 1989.0402Catalog Number: 1989.0402.19

Object Name: hat

Physical Description: fabric (overall material)

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-9ebf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_879813

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