Karen Dunckel discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
- Description:
- Karen tells of being hired in May 1978 after waiting overnight to put in an application and being overwhelmed on the first day. She describes a workplace that was like a "meat market," few women but mostly young, on the second shift and suggests that the second shift was a "party shift." Karen talks about workers helping each other and making gate collections for injured and ill coworkers.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-12-13T00:00:00Z
- 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, Women automobile industry workers, Women labor union members, Applications for positions, Work environment, Night work, Automobile industry workers, and Bonding
- Subject Name:
- Dunckel, Karen and Dunckel, Karen
- Subject Genre:
- Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- URL:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5f18sf72