G. Robert Vincent Voice Library
Lansing Auto Town Gallery

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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