Barbara Rossi discusses her career as a GM salaried executive assistant at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Description:

Barbara talks about her career prior to being hired in July 1981. She describes her duties at Fisher covering vacationing salaried workers, walking the shop floor and developing rapport with the UAW production workers. Barb talks about becoming the plant manager's executive secretary and working for four plant managers - three men, one woman, the front office culture, how the reorganization to BOC was received, the many transfers and reassignments, and the Oldsmobile/BOC talent show.

Date Issued:

2005-11-07T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Reorganization, Secretaries, Career changes, Interpersonal relations, Automobile industry workers, Transfer, and Industrial recreation

Subject Name:

Rossi, Barbara, Rossi, Barbara, and General Motors Corporation

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5fq9q57x