Allen Van De Vusse, Louise and John Dean talk about their time at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Allen Van De Vusse discusses his career as a payroll auditor and paint department production manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI. He is joined by Louise Dean who discusses her career as a GM salaried clerk/secretary and her husband John Dean, who discusses his varied career as a production worker, plant security officer, supervisor, Safety Director, and maintenance manager. With careers spanning five decades the speakers describe changes in the plant culture, sexism, disparate treatment, plant security, relations with upper management and the UAW, and comment on manufacturing processes and life in the factory.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-06-14
- Interviewers
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McQuaid, Cheryl
Smith, Jerri
- Speakers
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Van De Vusse, Allen
- Subjects
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Van De Vusse, Allen
Dean, Louise
Dean, John
Automobile industry workers
Discrimination in employment
Industrial relations
Manufacturing processes
Quality of work life
Work environment
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:52:48
- Venue Note
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Recorded on June 14, 2006 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 15591
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6796448