Randy Thayer discusses his career in General Motors and the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI as assistant plant manager
Randy recalls being hired in June 1973 at age 17 for summer work before he went to General Motors Institute (GMI) now Kettering University in Flint. He talks about his education and coming to Fisher in 1985 following the reorganization to BOC, merging with Oldsmobile, the different cultures and working with two UAW locals and contracts. Randy talks about the salaried cafeteria at Fisher, pranks, firing Rusty Ziegler, the conversion to small cars and the Lansing work ethic. He discusses working his way up through various positions to plant manager in Doraville, GA. before coming back to Lansing and being named the Lansing Delta Township Plant Manager.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-06-29
- Interviewees
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Thayer, Randy
- Interviewers
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Johnson, Linda
Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Howard, Doreen
Fedewa, John
Smith, Jerri
- Subjects
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Thayer, Randy
General Motors Corporation
Administrative agencies--Reorganization
Automobile factories
Automobile industry workers--Labor unions
Career development
Culture conflict
Educational attainment
Middle managers
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:00:18
- Venue Note
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Recorded on June 29, 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 15576
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795342
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