[Doug Gross discusses his career as a production worker and UAW EAP advisor at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Doug discusses being hired in March 1981, his first jobs and move to the Paint Shop. He comments on life in the factory, his religious faith, substance abuse, and his selection as an Employee Assistance Program advisor. Doug discusses using the Tuition Assistance Program, completing a degree program...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Gross, Douglas R. (Interviewee), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Gross, Doug > Interviews.
Gross, Doug.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Transfer.
Christian life.
Employee assistance programs > Michigan > Lansing.
Continuing education.
Religion in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing.
Automobile industry workers > Services for > Michigan > Lansing.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Connect to: Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (74 min., 26 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Doug discusses being hired in March 1981, his first jobs and move to the Paint Shop. He comments on life in the factory, his religious faith, substance abuse, and his selection as an Employee Assistance Program advisor. Doug discusses using the Tuition Assistance Program, completing a degree program, and becoming a plant Chaplin conducting funerals, weddings, counseling and caring for workers and their families.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15586
Playing Time:01:14:26
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Doug Gross ; interviewers, Cheryl McQuaid, Linda Johnson, Doug Rademacher, John Fedewa, Doreen Howard, Marilyn Coulter, Michael Fleming.
Event Details:
Recorded on Oct. 17, 2005, as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.