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Blocker in Slitting Department at American Brass Company. Interview conducted by Jeremy Brecher and William Freeman.PDF of partial transcript available upon request. Abstract: Russell Hunter worked as a blocker in the slitting department of American Brass Company. He started working there at 16. He recalls growing up on Orange Street.

Retired from American Brass Company, Ansonia. Interview conducted by Jeremy Brecher on October 27, 1980. PDF of partial transcript available upon request. Abstract: Russell Sobin started working at American Brass Company in Ansonia in 1929, becoming the first Russian roller during the 1940s. He was also one of the first union stewards, signing up workers who spoke Russian, Polish and Lithuanian. Recalls his father serving on picket lines during the 1920 strike. Contrasts automated operations with hazardous conditions of earlier years in the factories.

Retired workers from American Brass Company, Ansonia CT. Interview conducted by Jeremy Brecher and Jan Stackhouse on November 18, 1980.

Jitney Drivers at New Haven Copper Company and Bridgeport Brass Company. Interview conducted by Jan Stackhouse and Alannah Nardello. Date not given, circa January 1981. PDF of partial transcript available upon request. Abstract: Sandra Kay and Stella Horoshak are both jitney drivers at New Haven Copper and Bridgeport Brass. Sandra is currently chairman of the union at New Haven Copper. Stella was a union shop steward. They both discuss their work, and the attitudes of the company and the other workers towards women performing traditionally male jobs.

Italian immigrants. Interview conducted by Jan Stackhouse May 11, 1981. Abstract: This is a group interview with five women who express their experienced as Italian immigrants in Waterbury. They speak about their own, their father's, their husband's employment and life in general.