Ward, William J., 1966- interviewee Lopez, Jaime, 1986- interviewer Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor sound recording-nonmusical spoken word still image Sound recordings. Digital photographs-Color-2010-2020. Interviews. Oral histories. Personal narratives. nyu 2017 monographic 2017-06-12 eng

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1 sound file (wav) (01:11:24) : digital, sound. 7 photographs : digital, jpg, color. 1 manuscript : pdf, text file. William "Billy" Ward was initiated into Local 3 in 1988, and after 29 years, he is currently the only NETA Level 4 Senior Certified Test Technician in the Local. Born in New York, he grew up in Washington Heights, and as a teenage moved to Riverdale, where he still resides. He speaks about his extended family, his Irish roots, his mother and father and how important they are in his life. He reflects on the lack of focus and direction he had in his youth, how he was initially denied when he first applied to Local 3, and how he took the rejection personally. He talks about a white collar job he had at Lehman Brothers, and how he turned down a raise and took a pay cut when entering the apprenticeship program as well as why he decided to pursue a more mechanical career involving outdoor work in a less restrictive environment. He shares stories about his apprenticeship, the people who influenced him, how he became interested in high voltage testing, the various levels of testing, and how he overcame barriers to reach Level 4. His talks about the technical aspects of his work, and how his favorite part of the job is troubleshooting electrical equipment in emergency situations--a process he compares to his experiences outside of work. He uses electrical jargon throughout the interview. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. Recorded at the Electrical Industry Training Center, Long Island City, New York, June 12, 2017. Illuminating history: union electricians in New York City, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 (AFC 2016/035: 03624) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. In English. n-us-ny Ward, William J., 1966- Interviews Accidents Age and employment Apprenticeship programs Blue collar workers Clubs Collective bargaining Corporations Courtesy in the workplace Education Employee morale Employee ownership Employees Employees Training of Families Handicraft Hazing Hobbies Hours of labor Humor in the workplace Income Industrial safety Jargon (Terminology) Job satisfaction Job security Job stress Joking Labor contract Labor unions Layoff systems Manners and customs Mentoring Night work Non-formal education Occupational retraining Occupational training Office politics Oral tradition Overtime Performance standards Professional associations Promotions Quality of products Quality of work life Right to labor Social life and customs Storytelling Supervisors Technical education Technology Training needs Unemployment Vocational interests Volunteers Wages White collar workers Work and family Work environment Work ethic Work sharing Workmanship Medical care Health insurance Youth Substance abuse Electricians New York (State) New York Interviews Electric industry workers New York (State) New York Interviews Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2016035.afc2016035_03624_sr01 (DLC) 2017655426 AFC 2016/035: 03624 2020655319 hdl:loc.afc/afc2016035.afc2016035_03624_sr01 dacs DLC 200122 20250607100753.4 21397563 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng