Title
Interview with Dave Martin
Streaming Media
Date of Interview
7-18-2003
Duration of Audio File
00:14:14
Interviewee
Dave Martin
Gender
Male
Occupation/ Work History
Paper tender, first hand on paper machine, then paper machine supervisor, 1961-1991
Mill or Principal Employer
S. D. Warren
Mill Location
Westbrook, Maine 04092
Keywords
Paper mills - Maine, Sappi Paper - History, S.D.Warren - Maine, Paper making - working conditions, management changes
Abstract
Martin discusses the work of the machine tender and complexities of making paper machines run. He also discusses the changing nature of the company as it became managed (and especially mismanaged) by distant corporate owners, and describes the danger and stress of work.
Document Type
Interview
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Dave Martin, interview by Michael Hillard, July 18, 2003, Stories of Maine's Paper Plantation, Digital Maine, Maine's Economic Improvement Fund, Digital Commons, University of Southern Maine
Comments
Articulate on topics in abstract. Has an important statement on how Scott mismanaged S.D. Warren's best products and caused the company to lose market share through a self-inflicted wound; this is cited in Michael Hillard's published work on S.D. Warren. Also describes loss of income and status after laid off; was laid off only a couple of years after joining management; would not have lost job so quickly if he had remained union.