[Sally Grubaugh discusses her career as a production worker and UAW Ergonomics Representative at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Sally describes being hired in June 1978 and considered the factory a "scary place." She talks about family issues that influenced her to apply at Fisher. Sally describes various production jobs, her relations with bosses, engineers and coworkers and life in the plant. She recalls being selected as...

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Corporate Author:	United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors:	Grubaugh, Sally (Interviewee), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[2005]
Subjects:	Grubaugh, Sally > Interviews. Grubaugh, Sally. Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Business agents (Labor union officials) > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Automobile industry and trade. Grubaugh, Sally > Family. Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Transfer. Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing. Manufacturing processes > Human factors > 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 (67 min., 12 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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