Title
Interview with Bob Dorr
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Date of Interview
7-11-2000
Duration of Audio File
Audio File 1 -- 01:03:05; Audio File 2 -- 01:03:16
Interviewee
Bob Dorr
Age
Born in late 1950s, approximately 41 or 42 at time of interview
Gender
Male
Description
Dorr was a highly skilled instrument technician at S.D. Warren-Westbrook, and union official (shop steward then vice president) during the 1990s with the Westbrook local of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Dorr previously spent six years in the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician. Was laid off, became a production manager at B&M Baked Beans and Fairchild Semiconductor in Portland area, also earning a Master's in Business Administration.
Birth Place
Greater Portland area
Residence
Portland, Maine
Occupation/Work History
Instrument technician at S.D. Warren-Westbrook from 1985 to 1999
Role
Union
Mill or Principal Employer
S.D. Warren Company
Mill Location
Westbrook, Maine
Keywords
Paper mills - Maine, Sappi Paper - History, S.D.Warren - Maine
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Bob Dorr" (2000). S.D. Warren Company. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/11
Comments
Detailed description of work as a "troubleshooter" installing and repairing a wide variety of electrical, mechanical, and computer systems within the mill. Describes the superior skills of experienced workers versus less knowledgeable supervisors. Depicts hot and dangerous conditions in the mill, death of worker on the job, and frequent injuries.