[Diana Valenta discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Diana describes being hired in August 1981 at Oldsmobile, coming to Fisher in 1983 and working in the Trim Shop. She talks about her first job, working second shift, her union activity and the differences between work at Oldsmobile and Fisher Body, as well as charity fund raising in the plant. Diana...

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Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Valenta, Diana (Interviewee), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer), Johnson, Linda (Interviewer), Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer), McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer), Howard, Doreen (Interviewer), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer), Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Valenta, Diana > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Valenta, Diana.
Automobile industry and trade.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Transfer.
Quality of work life > Michigan > Lansing.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. > Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Fund raising > Michigan > Lansing.
Career changes.
Industrial relations.
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 (23 min., 55 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Diana describes being hired in August 1981 at Oldsmobile, coming to Fisher in 1983 and working in the Trim Shop. She talks about her first job, working second shift, her union activity and the differences between work at Oldsmobile and Fisher Body, as well as charity fund raising in the plant. Diana tells of wanting to work at Olds in the 1960s but her employer refused to give her a good recommendation to avoid losing her.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15578
Playing Time:00:23:55
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Diana Valenta ; interviewers, Jerri Smith, Linda Johnson, Marilyn Coulter, Cheryl McQuaid, Doreen Howard, Michael Fleming, Doug Rademacher, John Fedewa.
Event Details:
Recorded on Nov. 3, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.