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Thursday, July 18, 2013
1937: CONSTRUCTING THE TERNSTEDT DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS
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HI TOM...EVERYONE WELCOMED GM TO THE AREA. THEIR PAY OF 65 CENTS AN HOUR WAS FAR BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER PLANTS IN THE CITY. I TRIED MY BEST TO GET HIRED BUT COULD'NT MAKE IT. MY BROTHER LOU MADE IT AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE I KNEW WERE HIRED. I FINALLY GOT INTO THE POST OFFICE, WOPRKING NIGHTS AT ABOUT THE SAME PAY AS GM.
Ralph:
.65 an hour, when was that? The last I heard was floor sweepers were making 16.00 an hour.
HEY JOE...65 CENTS AN HOUR WAS A FORTUNE IN THOSE DAYS. I WAS MAKING 18 CENTS AN HOUR IN STAR PORCELIN DURING THE 30'S AND MY GIRL FRIEND WAS MAKING 25 CEDNTS AN HOUR AT BAYER ASPERIN. THANK GOD FOR THE NYA, WPA, PWA AND ALL THE OTHER HELP THAT FDR CREATED.
Tom,
My dad Steve (W2QJO) went to work there in 1939 - went to FLA for the war and came back after and retired from GM in March 1975 after 35 yrs in that building. He never took us kids to see it. We thank GM for our family living.
Steve Jr.
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