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

Description:: 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.
Date Issued:: 2006-02-22T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Place:: Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing
Subject Topic:: Career in automobile industry and trade, Automobile industry workers, Minority labor union members, Thai Americans, Immigrants, Thais, Diversity in the workplace, Automobile industry workers, Transfer, and Labor discipline
Subject Name:: Kriengsak-Obhas, Dusit and Kriengsak-Obhas, Dusit
Subject Genre:: Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5t43j34s