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Film, VideoGracia Molina interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel and Sonia De La Cruz, 2015-06-18 Interview with home care provider Gracia Molina, who talks about her work and the challenges of being a care giver. Originally from Mexico City, Molina held a series of jobs before starting her work as a care giver. She talks about working with elderly clients, overseeing medications, how she handles intimacy and confidentiality issues, how she learned English from his clients, and how much...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Molina, Gracia - Bussel, Robert - Cruz, Sonia De La
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoJoyce Vegar interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2015-01-21 Joyce (Joy) Vegar discusses her work as a home care provider in Coos County, Oregon, including her training, the qualities that are needed to do the job, the importance of humor, and her advocacy for her clients. She also talks about her union activism and the culture and activities of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Moore, Nathan J. - Stacy, Donald Eugene - Vegar, Joyce
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoDavid Robertson interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-02-04 David Robertson talks about his job doing maintenance on heating equipment and air conditioners at the Boeing plant. He is also a union representative. He talks about his dad, who worked for Boeing for 38 years, and being involved with Boeing organized sports teams and social events as a child. He explains how he initially went to work for Cessna, then came to Boeing...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M. - Robertson, David
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoMing Liu interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-28 Ming Liu, engineer at Spirit Aerosystems, talks about his path from Taiwan, to Wichita State engineering professor, to R&D engineer at Boeing, to Spirit, including his recruitment from Wichita State to Boeing. He discusses the details of his work for Boeing and his experience traveling to China for Boeing as an instructor to Chinese companies and engineers.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher - Liu, Ming C. (Ming Chao)
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoJennifer Marshall interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-01 Jennifer Marshall, a structural engineer with Spirit Aerosystems, talks about her experiences working for Boeing from 1997-2005, and the transition from Boeing to Spirit in 2005 after Boeing sold their commercial division. She also discusses her feelings about Boeing's announced departure from Wichita and what she believes the impact on the community will ultimately be.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher - Marshall, Jennifer
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoCarl Brewer interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-16 Interview with Mayor of Wichita, Carl Brewer. Before becoming Mayor, Carl Brewer worked at Boeing. He talks about his stepfather working for Boeing and then, after his military service, starting out as a sheet metal cutter for Cessna before going to work in the Boeing factory himself. He talks about working for both the commercial and military side of Boeing and rising in positions...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M. - Brewer, Carl
- Date: 2012-01-01
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Film, VideoRebecca Sandoval interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel and Sonia De La Cruz, 2014-12-16 Interview with Rebecca Sandoval about her work as a home care worker. Spoke about previous jobs and how caring for her grandmother and then her own companion led her to become a profession care giver. Speaks about need "to give up your ego," how boundaries with clients can sometime "be nebulous," job stress, and the satisfaction of making it possible for clients to remain...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Bussel, Robert - Sandoval, Rebecca - Cruz, Sonia De La
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoSteve Tenhonen interview conducted by Helen Marie Moss, 2014-11-21 Steve Tenhonen, a personal support worker for developmentally disabled and mentally ill clients, discusses his experiences on the job and why it is important to have a union. He also talks about difficult patients, wages, lobbying, and politics.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Tenhonen, Steve - Moss, Helen Marie
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoBarry Ellis interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-06 Barry Ellis, owner of Money Town Pawn Shop, talks about his experience with Boeing employees as customers of his business, how his business was affected by Boeing's "boom and bust" years, how he developed personal relationships with Boeing employees through his business, and how he sees Boeing's departure from Wichita affecting his business and the larger community.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher - Ellis, Barry
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoMike Pompeo interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-10 Mike Pompeo, US Congressman for the 4th District of Kansas, talks about his family's history in the aviation industry, about being a small business owner and supplier for The Boeing Company, as well as the so-called "Boeing Tanker Deal" that preceded Boeing's departure from Wichita. He also discusses the events surrounding Boeing's announced departure, and how he sees Boeing's departure affecting Wichita and the...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher - Pompeo, Mike
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoEileen Ordway interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2015-05-26 Eileen Ordway discusses her experiences as a home care worker, including her typical duties, relationships with consumer-employers, union activism, and the use of humor on the job. She also discusses health issues encountered by home care workers and her passion for health care reform.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Ordway, Eileen - Stacy, Donald Eugene - Moore, Nathan J.
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoApril Shattuck interview conducted by Sonia De La Cruz and Nathan J. Moore, 2014-10-20 April discusses her history as a home care worker, her typical duties, how she balances work and personal life, and her activities in her union. She also reflects on her motivation to help others, the challenges of her profession, and the relationships that she forms with her customers.
- Contributor: Shattuck, April - Occupational Folklife Project - Moore, Nathan J. - Cruz, Sonia De La
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoAnna Young interview conducted by Helen Marie Moss and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2015-03-04 Anna Young relates her insights on home care work. She discusses how she became a home care worker, the enjoyment she gets from working closely with clients, Oregon Home Care Commission classes and how important they were in her training, dealing with difficult clients to win their trust, work-related stresses as well as rewards, and the important role the union has played in her...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Stacy, Donald Eugene - Young, Anna - Moss, Helen Marie
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoTerry Haydon interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel, 2014-11-19 Interview about Terry Haydon's career as a home health care worker. Talks about a wide range of his previous jobs, which included theatre, teaching, and being a medical transport driver. Became a care giver through his domestic partner, who needed assistance at home. Talks about skills needed and his training, how his initial opposition to the union changed to enthusiastic support, and the gratification...
- Contributor: Haydon, Terry - Occupational Folklife Project - Bussel, Robert
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoTerry Rush interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-07 Terry Rush, currently the manager of a mobile home park, talks about his 13 years working as an assembler for The Boeing Company in Wichita. He describes the "boom and bust" years, including the impact of repeated layoffs, and talks about his initial excitement over innovative management methods at Boeing, and his disappointment when those methods were abandoned by the company.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher - Rush, Terry
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoLeah Chase interview conducted by Candacy A. Taylor, 2018-12-18. Leah Chase is chef and owner of Dooky Chase's restaurant in New Orleans, LA. Dooky Chase's has been called one of the first fine dining restaurant for black people in the United States. Chase was 96 years old at the time of this interview and she passed just months after, so it is a gift to record her lucid, passionate, insightful, and powerful stories...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Taylor, Candacy A. - Chase, Leah
- Date: 2018-01-01
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Film, VideoGarland Moore interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-04-03 Garland Moore is a maintenance mechanic at the Boeing Company and former union rep for the Machinists Union. He talks about his experiences working for Boeing and dealing with the culture changes that resulted from Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas, as well as the benefits and difficulties he encountered as a union rep and as president of his local, and his feelings toward Boeing's...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher - Moore, Garland
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoNargiza Turanova interview conducted by Sonia De La Cruz and Helen Marie Moss, 2015-03-07 Nargiza Turanova describes her experiences as a home care worker. Originally from Turkey, she moved to Uzbekistan and then came as a refugee to the US. She speaks Turkish, Uzbek, Russian, and "some English." She began her training before coming to the US and has continued her care giver's training here, specializing in caring for the sick and elderly. Her current client speaks Turkish...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Moss, Helen Marie - Turanova, Nargiza - Cruz, Sonia De La
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoDavid Rogers interview conducted by Nathan J. Moore, 2015-02-23 David Rogers discusses his job as a home care worker and his work at drop-in day centers for people with disabilities. He talks about his typical activities, his efforts to connect various agencies, and the importance of humor in the lives of people with disabilities. He also focuses on his work as a professional musician and how he connects his music to his job...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Moore, Nathan J. - Rogers, David
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoTerry Luther interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel and Sonia De La Cruz, 2015-02-13 Interview with Terry Luther about her experiences as a caregiver for her autistic son. Talks about previous jobs that range from theatre work to planting trees and an early interest in care giving, that included volunteering at a Veteran's Hospital as a teenager. A caregiver for her autistic son for last 24 years, she has been officially paid for her care giving work for...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Cruz, Sonia De La - Bussel, Robert - Luther, Terry
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoAdam Christopher Riggs interview conducted by Michael Robert Bussel, 2014-10-29 Adam Christopher Riggs describes his experiences as a home health care worker and his activism with Service Employees International Union Local 503. In wide-ranging conversation he talks about the qualities needed for his job, maintaining a proper distance while remaining compassionate, black humor, and lobby legislature for support of home health care.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Bussel, Robert - Riggs, Adam Christopher
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoMario Cervantes interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-01-21 Mario Cervantes talks about his job as a Boeing machinist, and leaving his machinist job to become a full-time AFL-CIO union liaison in 2002. He explains that his father worked for Boeing and he began as a pattern maker. He talks about the factory; his job; his training; the work environment; issues with management; strikes; union contributions to the workscape; and his family and...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Cervantes, Mario - O'Higgins, Briana M.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoSteve Rooney interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-02-18 Steve Rooney talks about his job as milling machinist at Boeing, and explains how he became a full-time union rep, and eventually rose to be President of the Kansas Machinist Union. Both his dad and grandfather worked for Boeing, and in this detailed interview, he talks extensively about Wichita's relation to the airplane industry; politics and organization of work and workers at Boeing; strikes,...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M. - Rooney, Steve
- Date: 2012-01-01
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Film, VideoDavid Dodson interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-09-25 David Dodson talks about working as an engineer at Boeing for 33 years. He explains how during the plant closing he was offered a job with Boeing, if he moved to Oklahoma, but instead decided to accept a job at Spirit. He was interviewed after his third day of work at his new employers. He talks at length about his education; his career choices;...
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M. - Dodson, David
- Date: 2012-01-01
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Film, VideoMaleta Christian interview conducted by Sonia De La Cruz and Nathan J. Moore, 2014-11-17 Maleta Christian discusses her history as a personal support worker, her efforts to empower her consumers, and her activities as a union activist. She also talks about the importance of humor on the job, the significance of the union's colors, and the similarities and differences between personal support work and other occupations.
- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Moore, Nathan J. - Christian, Maleta - Cruz, Sonia De La
- Date: 2015-01-01