Mark Warner discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing MI
Mark recalls being hired in August 1978 at the Service Parts Operation (SPO) in Lansing and coming to Fisher in 1981. He discusses receiving a BA from MSU in 2002, the physical nature of factory work, and never expecting to stay. Mark talks about the Tuition Assistance Program, differences between SPO and Fisher, making friends, and pride in his work.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-12-21
- Interviewees
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Warner, Mark
- Interviewers
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Coulter, Marilyn
Fedewa, John
Howard, Doreen
- Subjects
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Warner, Mark
Automobile industry workers
Educational attainment
Interpersonal relations
Labor union members
Labor union welfare funds
Manufacturing processes--Human factors
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:49:05
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Dec. 21, 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 15582
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795345