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    Ed Pany interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-23 Pany discusses the history of the cement industry in the Lehigh Valley, starting with European immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century; conditions of labor; use of horses; the role of women; and the ethnic composition of the Northampton Township. He also considers the integration of technologies for managing pollution and safety. Pany concludes with a discussion of the establishment of the museum...
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Pany, Edward A.
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Noelle Keeler interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-24 Keeler discusses the process of hiring cement workers and her job as human resources manager at two cement plants. She describes her transition from other industries into cement and the associated challenges. Of particular interest are relationships between management and laborers, working with the labor union, as well as practicing safety at the plant. Keeler also discusses the challenges of working in cement during...
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Keeler, Noelle P.
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Jason Schuler interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-24 Schuler discusses labor and electrical work, maintenance, training provided by the company, and the integration of technological innovations.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Schuler, Jason
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Matt Basiago interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-24 Basiago discusses career shift, training, working as a supervisor, environmental concerns and sustainability, and automation within the cement industry.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Basiago, Matthew
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    John Santo interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-24 Santo discusses the work schedule impact on the labor gang, the importance of safety, changing work ethic among young laborers, and the impact COVID-19 has had on cement labor.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Santo, Jack
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Phil Gheller interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-24 Gheller discusses experiences of working on the labor gang, the quarry, the challenge of long hours, and working in a dusty environment.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Gheller, Philip
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Lisa Wilcox interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-24 Wilcox discusses work experience in accounting, training with international CFOs, working in a global context, and the increasing importance of sustainability in the cement industry.
    • Contributor: Wilcox, Lisa Renee - Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Krzysztof Burek interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-25 Burek discusses education in Poland, commissioning plants internationally, transition to the Nazareth plant, the global scale of the company, and the industry's response to climate change.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Burek, Krzysztof
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Amr El Hakim interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-25 El Hakim discusses education and experience in Egypt, commissioning plants internationally, challenges and opportunities in management, introducing technological innovations, and developing a community of cement workers.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - El Hakim, Amr
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Harvy Ortiz interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-25 Ortiz discusses education and work experience in Colombia, working in other industries, immigration to the United States, industrial education, and issues in management.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Ortíz, Harvy
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Bryan Wassel interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-25 Wassel discusses his entry into the industry, work as a laborer, work conditions, training and supervision, and free time.
    • Contributor: Wassel, Bryan Joseph - Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Chuck Christman interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Christman discusses work in his supervisor position; the experience of learning about the cement industry; training; union responses to COVID-19; integration of new technologies; and building community among cement workers.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Christman, Charles
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Matt McCullough interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 McCullough discusses his experience of working as a laborer, the work environment, work hours, shift rotations, and challenges with machines.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - McCullough, Matthew Aaron
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Mike Sterner interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Sterner discusses training and work as an electrician, the work environment, the role of labor unions in cement work, and the union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Sterner, Michael Shannon
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Jude Bejarano interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Bejarano discusses his career shift from copper mining to cement manufacturing; skill transfer; work environment; long hours; discrimination in the industry when coming in as an outsider; and the importance of the cement industry to the Lehigh Valley.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Bejarano, Jude Anthony - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Howard Evans interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Evans discusses janitorial work experience; work at the packhouse; the influence of automation; generational difference; work environment and hazards; the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on cement work; and environmental concerns.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Evans, Howard James - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Mike Weaver interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Weaver discusses growing up in the Lehigh Valley, generational differences in terms of attitude towards work, supervision and management, physical pain related to labor, and the impact of COVID-19 on cement work.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Weaver, Michael James
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Dominic Ninni interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Ninni discusses growing up in the cement industry, joining the labor gang after college, the hazards of working at the plant, the role and stress of purchasing equipment on an international scale, and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted work at the plant.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Ninni, Dominic Michael
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Sue Hess interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Hess discusses her upbringing in the cement industry, meeting her husband at work, relationships between union and non-union employees, family relations, women in the industry, and the difference between working in the office and at the plant.
    • Contributor: Hess, Susan Lynn - Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Levi Miles interview conducted by Vyta Pivo, 2021-05-26 Miles discusses work as a traveling concrete construction worker; training in the cement industry; work schedules; healthcare and other benefits; and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted cement work.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project - Miles, Levi Kevin
    • Date: 2021-01-01
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    Field recording of Lehigh Cement Company, 2021-05-26 Site recording made at the Evansville plant.
    • Contributor: Pivo, Vyta - Occupational Folklife Project
    • Date: 2021-01-01