Doug Gross discusses his career as a production worker and UAW EAP advisor at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Doug discusses being hired in March 1981, his first jobs and move to the Paint Shop. He comments on life in the factory, his religious faith, substance abuse, and his selection as an Employee Assistance Program advisor. Doug discusses using the Tuition Assistance Program, completing a degree program, and becoming a plant Chaplin conducting funerals, weddings, counseling and caring for workers and their families.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2005-10-17
- Interviewees
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Gross, Douglas R.
- Interviewers
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McQuaid, Cheryl
Johnson, Linda
Rademacher, Doug
Fedewa, John
Howard, Doreen
Coulter, Marilyn
Fleming, Michael
- Subjects
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Gross, Doug
Automobile industry workers
Business agents (Labor union officials)
Christian life
Continuing education
Employee assistance programs
Religion in the workplace
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:14:26
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Oct. 17, 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 15586
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795284
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