Edna Ramont discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

Description:: Edna Ramont talks about her career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1942 to 1974. Ramont describes her early years at REO and the everyday details of her employment, such as her pay, break time, layoffs, building lawnmowers and operating lathes and drill presses in the Truck Motor Department. Ramont also fondly recalls the REO Clubhouse, the pipe organ, the many worker social gatherings and the family-like atmosphere at REO. She also, however, stresses her staunch unionism and discusses a strike at the plant during the very difficult war years. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
Date Issued:: 2004-10-06T00:00:00Z
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, Buildings, Automobile industry workers, Work environment, Industrial recreation, Corporate culture, Strikes and lockouts, Automobile industry, and Planning
Subject Name:: Ramont, Edna, Ramont, Edna, Reo Motor Car Company, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, and Reo Motor Car Company
Subject Genre:: Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m54m91b34