[Marlene Stavros discusses her career as a production worker, skilled trades tool repair person and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Marlene tells about being hired in October 1968 after working for Coca Cola. She talks about working in Trim and Body Shops, dirty and dangerous work, night shift and child care. Marlene describes her duties in Tool Repair, the stress of being the lone female and proving herself daily.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Stavros, Marlene (Interviewee), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2006]
Subjects:
Stavros, Marlene > Interviews.
Stavros, Marlene.
Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Women labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Career changes.
Work environment > Michigan > Lansing.
Work and family > Michigan > Lansing.
Diversity in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing.
Job stress > 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 (53 min., 25 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Marlene tells about being hired in October 1968 after working for Coca Cola. She talks about working in Trim and Body Shops, dirty and dangerous work, night shift and child care. Marlene describes her duties in Tool Repair, the stress of being the lone female and proving herself daily.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15564
Playing Time:00:53:25
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Marlene Stavros ; interviewers, Doug Rademacher, Jerri Smith, John Fedewa, Cheryl McQuaid.
Event Details:
Recorded on Apr. 27, 2006 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.