Doreen Howard discusses her career as a production worker and UAW Suggestions Plan assistant at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:: Doreen describes being hired at Fisher in November 1984 after receiving a degree from MSU. She expresses surprise at the diversity and at the male dominated environment. Doreen talks about the stress on her marriage, the lack of control over ones job, and her naivety about factory life. She remarks about the number of college-educated people working in the plant. Doreen talks about the Suggestions Plan and her nontraditional job assignment.
Date Issued:: 2005-12-22T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Place:: Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing
Subject Topic:: Career in automobile industry and trade, Marriage, Women automobile industry workers, Business agents (Labor union officials), Diversity in the workplace, Job stress, Automobile industry workers, and Education (Higher)
Subject Name:: Howard, Doreen, Howard, Doreen, and Howard, Doreen
Subject Genre:: Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m53n20f1g