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1. Eileen Nortman discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company

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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

2. Harold E. Brown, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:
Harold discusses his life prior to Fisher Body, being a GM Gypsy, working in Pontiac and Flint before coming to Lansing in May 1985 and having a confrontation with his boss on the first day. Harold describes commuting a long distance to work, the 1998 Flint strike, his activity in UAW Local 1753 and Local 602 and his election as Workers Compensation and Unemployment Chair for Local 602.
Date Issued:
2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

3. Sam Fountain discusses his career as a skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:
Sam describes being hired in September 1968, commuting from Lakeview, MI, and spending ten years on the assembly line. He talks about friction between production workers and trades, performing "government jobs," women in trades, minorities, friendships, conveyor breaks and a car pile-up, labor management relations, and the closing of the plant.
Date Issued:
2006-02-02T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

4. Randal Taylor discusses his career as a production worker, skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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

5. Harold E. Brown, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:
Harold discusses his life prior to Fisher Body, being a GM Gypsy, working in Pontiac and Flint before coming to Lansing in May 1985 and having a confrontation with his boss on the first day. Harold describes commuting a long distance to work, the 1998 Flint strike, his activity in UAW Local 1753 and Local 602 and his election as Workers Compensation and Unemployment Chair for Local 602.
Date Issued:
2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

6. Sam Fountain discusses his career as a skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

Description:
Sam describes being hired in September 1968, commuting from Lakeview, MI, and spending ten years on the assembly line. He talks about friction between production workers and trades, performing "government jobs," women in trades, minorities, friendships, conveyor breaks and a car pile-up, labor management relations, and the closing of the plant.
Date Issued:
2006-02-02T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

7. Randal Taylor discusses his career as a production worker, skilled trades millwright and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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

8. Eileen Nortman discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company

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