04556nidaa22007577i 4500 21595113 20250607102215.0 cr n|a|||||||| 200615s2017 iaunnn t eng 21595113 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife masmit 2020-06-15 2020655386 DLC eng dacs DLC eng bur n-us-ia AFC 2015/026: 03383 Myint, Ma Aye, 1983- interviewee. Ma Aye Myint interview conducted by John W. McKerley, 2017-01-20. 2017-01-20 1 sound file (wav) (00:49:50) : digital, sound. 1 photograph : digital, Camera Raw, color. 1 manuscript : digital, pdf file. spoken word spw rdacontent still image sti rdacontent audio s rdamedia computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Thomas Lian served as an interpreter. Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded in Marshalltown, Iowa, January 20, 2017. Ma Aye Myint was born in the Rakhine state in Burma/Myanmar. She lived in a small village by the sea. Her family grew rice that they sold in a nearby city. She attended government schools and studied history. She hoped to gain a position in the government, but was left waiting for several years (a situation that she attributed to discrimination based on her ethnicity and lack of political connections). Facing poverty at home, she fled across Thailand to Malaysia, where she worked in a restaurant while awaiting refugee status and resettlement. She was eventually able to follow a cousin, who had previously come to live in Marshalltown, Iowa. Myint first found work in a restaurant in Tama, Iowa, but in search of better pay and greater opportunity, she later took a position in the JBS meatpacking plant in Marshalltown. She worked with other people from Burma on a fat trimming line, eventually stepping up to become a steward to address her coworkers' grievances as part of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1149. Recent immigrant workers in Iowa's meatpacking industry Archie Green Fellows Project, 2015-2016 (AFC 2015/026: 03383) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. 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 and Burmese. Myint, Ma Aye, 1983- Interviews. Refugees Burma Interviews. Slaughtering and slaughter-houses. Civil service. Wages. Employee rights. Collective bargaining. Education. Employees Training of. Factories. Labor unions. Blue collar workers. Meat industry and trade Iowa. Packing-house workers Iowa Interviews. Marshalltown (Iowa), event place. Sound recordings. lcgft Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft McKerley, John W., interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. Recent immigrant workers in Iowa's meatpacking industry Archie Green Fellows Project, 2015-2016 AFC 2015/026: 03383 (DLC) 2018655234 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 afc2015026_03383_sr01 afc2015026 Audio recording of interview with Ma Aye Myint. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2015026.afc2015026_03383_sr01 afc2015026_03383_ph01 afc2015026 Photograph of Ma Aye Myint. afc2015026_03383_ms02 afc2015026 Log of interview. afc/agf afc/ofp afc/2015026