Mark Groce discusses his career as a production and material handling worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Mark describes being hired in September 1976 and losing his lunch bag on his first day. He tells about being trained and doing a variety of jobs over the years. Mark recalls doing strike duty and comments on the union. He describes a ceremony conducted for retiring fork truck operators. Mark talks about friends, hobbies and interests.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-11-15
- Interviewees
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Groce, Mark
- Interviewers
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Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Howard, Doreen
Rademacher, Doug
Fleming, Michael
Johnson, Linda
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Groce, Mark
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers
Friendship
Hobbies
Industrial recreation
Labor union members
Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:08:04
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Nov. 15, 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 15515
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795283