Marlene Stavros discusses her career as a production worker, skilled trades tool repair person and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Marlene tells about being hired in October 1968 after working for Coca Cola. She talks about working in Trim and Body Shops, dirty and dangerous work, night shift and child care. Marlene describes her duties in Tool Repair, the stress of being the lone female and proving herself daily.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-04-27
- Interviewees
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Stavros, Marlene
- Interviewers
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Rademacher, Doug
Smith, Jerri
Fedewa, John
McQuaid, Cheryl
- Subjects
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Stavros, Marlene
Career changes
Diversity in the workplace
Job stress
Women automobile industry workers
Women labor union members
Work and family
Work environment
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:53:25
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Apr. 27, 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 15564
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795332
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