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- President Barack H. Obama speaks on the resurgence of the American auto industry at the United Auto Workers Annual Conference in Washington D.C. Obama talks about the success of the auto industry, which is creating jobs and making profits after nearly collapsing in 2008 and 2009. He talks about the values of hard work, education, and being frugal, touts the new fuel economy requirements and promises to make sure that foreign trade is fair, "because America always wins with the playing field is level."
- Date Issued:
- 2012-02-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama praises the automotive industry for creating new jobs, fostering innovation and building a strong foundation for continued growth, as he speaks to Chrysler workers in Toledo, OH. Obama jokes with workers about local restaurants, bars, and the Jeeps they build. He recaps the effects of the 2008 recession, the Federal assistance that helped the domestic nameplates, and the restructuring that has led to resurgence. Obama reinforces the need to invest in the nation's infrastructure and praises the hard work and dedication of American workers.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Speaking from the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama announces new, stricter standards for automobile exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency. The changes aim to reduce dependency of the United States on foreign oil, reduce pollution, and help ease automobile manufacturing into a new era of "greener" technology.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Antique automobile restoration expert Dan Shafarman talks about his interest in REO motor cars and his difficult search for parts to fix a REO Royale. Shafarman also talks about his life before coming to the Lansing, MI area in 1969, mass production techniques in the auto industry, bad working conditions in the early car factories, Henry Ford’s hiring and pay practices, corporate paternalism, and the "novel" idea of paying workers enough to afford to buy the products they built. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University anthropology doctoral candidate, Emily L. Altimare, examines the notion of American made vehicles in a modern manufacturing environment defined by global outsourcing. Altimare's presentation is titled, The institutionalization of American made: autoworkers and their local interpretations of a global industry and is based, in part, upon interviews done with UAW Local 602 workers at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Lansing, MI. Altimare describes a local workforce with a vibrant work ethic and which identifies strongly with American made and union made products. Her hypothesis suggests that a preference for American made is the result of a normative process operating both in the workplace and in the community. Altimare is introduced by Professor John P. Beck, Associate Director, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Russell Alberts talks about working at REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, MI, from 1928 to 1939. Alberts describes conditions in the plant, his jobs, pay, benefits, and hours, before unionization and the great strides made by workers after the big labor strike of 1937 and the Lansing Labor Holiday. He also talks about the REO Clubhouse, the radio station, REO products and making experimental vehicles for the American military. Alberts' wife, Eva Alberts, describes her work in the REO Navy Department during the war and both discuss an accidental death in the plant and the safety issues which plagued the manufacturer for decades. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-04-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Arthur Frahm recalls his career as a bookkeeper and purchasing agent at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1947 and 1972. Frahm describes his job buying almost everything used in the factory, the constant turmoil as REO changed hands over the years, the decline of the company, his own discharge, and his unsuccessful class action law suit filed against REO. Frahm also talks about his education, childhood in Lansing, the Lansing Labor Holiday and the 1937 strikes, REO’s involvement in the community, the destruction of the worker's pension fund, the start of Spartan Motors, and his career after REO. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign fund raising event in Washington, DC. Obama outlines the accomplishments of his administration including the Health Care Act, the auto company rescue, the student loan program, revoking "Don't ask, don't tell", ending U.S. involvement in Iraq, the destruction of al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden, and the creation of the new consumer financial protection agency. Obama speaks about challenges ahead that were decades in the making and that will take years to fix. Held at the Capital Hilton Hotel.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. Obama encourages the listeners to register to vote then recounts his administration's record of accomplishments of preserving the auto industry, lowering taxes, passing Obamacare, and ending the Iraq and Afghan wars. He describes his plans for a second term and criticizes Romney-Ryan proposals for ending Medicare, privatizing Social Security, and expanding defense spending in spite of budget issues.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces Chrysler's bankruptcy and says that the U.S. will provide the auto company with up to $8 billion in aid. Obama blames Chrysler's private debt holders for forcing the bankruptcy decision and also says he has given Chrysler thirty days to finalize a partnership with Italian automaker Fiat or the government loans will be called.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ashley Johnson, doctoral candidate in the history department at Northwestern University, delivers a talk entitled, "Illegal Detroiters: Undocumented Europeans and Unions in America's Motor City, 1924-1942." Johnson describes the influx of European immigrants, legal and illegal, and the impact they had on the growing auto industry, unionization, and the growth of Detroit and Michigan. She uses two immigrants as examples of common hiring practices and the work life of early auto workers and describes how each came into the country and embraced unionism. She answers questions from the audience and is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series co-sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and the Motorcities Automobile National Heritage Area. Held in the MSU Museum Auditorium.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden point to the surging American auto industry as an example of economic recovery, during a visit to a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana. Biden describes the benefits of the plant to all the residents of Kokomo and talks about job creation, before introducing the President. Obama talks about retaining jobs, investing in new industries, tax cuts for working people, and Kokomo’s automotive history.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Frances Barnhart talks about her brief career at the REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, MI, from 1942 to 1953. Barnhart describes growing up in Lansing and going to the REO Clubhouse as a child, working at Kresge's in downtown Lansing, and finally being hired into the REO Navy Department to make make bomb fuses during the war. Barnhart describes the many family connections that brought her to the plant, earning 65 cents an hour, piece rate, safety issues, and being one of the older women to work at REO. She says that she moved to the lawn mower line after the war, met her husband, was soon laid off and declined a callback in 1959 to raise her family. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-03-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama talks about the U.S. economy and the turn-around and recovery of the U.S. automotive industry. Obama is in Detroit to visit the North American International Automobile Show in Cobo Hall. Held at the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources in Detroit, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-01-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty members participates in a discussion entitled, "All about auto." Panelists describe their individual research and explore areas such as race car driver physiology and safety, innovation and research behind autonomous vehicles, the biomechanics behind the design of automobiles, the history of the auto industry in cities such as Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit, and the social, political, and economic implications of autonomous cars from an urban design perspective. Panelists are: Dr. Tamara Reid Bush, College of Engineering; Dr. David Ferguson, Department of Kinesiology; Dr. Lisa Fine, Department of History; Dr. Hayder Radha, College of Engineering; and Dr. Mark Wilson, School of Planning, Design, and Construction. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience with the help of John P. Beck, Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to workers at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, MI. He says that investments in the auto industry are helping create and save American jobs and he praises workers and the products made at the plant. He also describes the economic situation when he took office, says things have improved and criticizes those who opposed Federal loans to the domestic automobile companies.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-07-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein delivers a talk entitled, "When good jobs go bad: globalization, de-Unionization and declining labor standards in the North American auto industry". Rothstein compares three General Motors auto plants around the world while talking about the changing nature of jobs and the impact on work in the auto industry in the face of a globalization of the manufacturing economy. He describes good auto industry jobs which provide access to the middle class, but says that these jobs are getting steadily worse. He calls for an international labor standards structure to protect workers. A question and answer session concludes the session. Rothstein is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the MSU Museum, and the Lansing Stewardship Community/Motorcities - The Automobile National Heritage Area. Held at the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama speaks at the Johnson Controls advanced battery facility in Holland, Michigan. He talks about the role innovative technologies will play in helping automakers achieve fuel economy standards and uses the occasion to describe the revitalization of American manufacturing. Obama reminds the audience of the challenges which America faces, declares his frustration with political infighting and says, "There is nothing wrong with our country. There is something wrong with our politics".
- Date Issued:
- 2011-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama discusses the state of the struggling automobile industry. He rejects the restructuring plans of GM and Chrysler, and offers them more time to resubmit new plans for continued federal assistance. In the face of bankruptcy, Obama stresses the need for the auto industry to modernize its operations and products in order to regain its position as the world leader.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection