Karen Dunckel discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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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