Dusit (Du) Kriengsak-Obhas, a Thai American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Du tells of coming to the U.S. and Lansing in 1968 and was hired into Fisher in September 1977. He describes being lost frequently, seeing few Asian employees, a fast pace but friendly people. Du talks about transferring to material handling, quality control, and being disciplined for missing a bad weld then being paid for the three days off.