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- Eileen Nortman talks about her brief tenure at the REO Motor Car Company in Lansing, MI. Nortman describes growing up in Williamston, Mi, starting at REO in 1943, at the age of 17 and leaving in 1945 to join the Navy. She talks about shop conditions, her jobs at REO, car-pooling, gas rationing, and women working in the plant, and how she and other women got along with male employees. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Randy talks about being hired at AC Spark Plug Flint (which became Delphi) in May 1994 and coming to the Fisher Body Paint Shop in January 2000 as a Delphi "flow back." He discusses commuting, his apprenticeship at AC Spark Plug, millwright work, and compares Fisher to AC Spark Plug. Randy comments on the Paint Shop, critters in the plant, relations with supervisors, and the strikes in 1995 and 1998.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Randy talks about being hired at AC Spark Plug Flint (which became Delphi) in May 1994 and coming to the Fisher Body Paint Shop in January 2000 as a Delphi "flow back." He discusses commuting, his apprenticeship at AC Spark Plug, millwright work, and compares Fisher to AC Spark Plug. Randy comments on the Paint Shop, critters in the plant, relations with supervisors, and the strikes in 1995 and 1998.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Eileen Nortman talks about her brief tenure at the REO Motor Car Company in Lansing, MI. Nortman describes growing up in Williamston, Mi, starting at REO in 1943, at the age of 17 and leaving in 1945 to join the Navy. She talks about shop conditions, her jobs at REO, car-pooling, gas rationing, and women working in the plant, and how she and other women got along with male employees. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-01-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection