Interview with Barry Kenney
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Date of Interview
8-15-2000
Duration of Audio File
Audio File 1 -- 0:54:41; Audio File 2 -- 0:52:38
Interviewee
Barry Kenney
Age
Born early 1960s, approximately late 30s or 40 years old at time of interview
Gender
Male
Description
Kenney was a skilled millwright at S.D. Warren from the mid-1980s until 2000. Millwrights are all around machinists/mechanics who repair machines. Kenney worked with other "maintenance" workers including electricians, pipefitters etc. to repair and maintain the wide variety of machinery found in the pulp mill, paper machines, finishing department, and boilers. Kenney was also a union official with the International Brotherhood of Fireman and Oilers. Previously, he was in the Navy for six years.
Birth Place
Westbrook, Maine
Residence
Portland, Maine
Occupation/Work History
Millwright
Role
Union
Mill or Principal Employer
S.D. Warren Company
Mill Location
Westbrook, Maine
Keywords
S.D. Warren - history, paper mill work life, paper mill - unions, S.D. Warren - history, unions - paper industry, millwright-paper industry, corporate restructuring, dislocated worker
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 Barry Kenney" (2000). S.D. Warren Company. 12.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/12
Comments
Discusses work & family life at S. D. Warren, Westbrook, life a a millwright, doing major repairs on machinery, union-management relations, workplace dangers, and workplace culture. Critical of top heavy management structure, exudes craft pride, and wide range of effectiveness among skilled maintenance workers.