Post#5 Interview

As I read different interviews from the packet I select the interview with James Cerofeci which was held on 10/18/1981. In this interview, Interviewer try to find out the condition of workers who worked in Steinway factory by questioning about the problem workers have to face. Workers get discriminated, paid low wage, no holidays, no protection of job. Even though they work in same rubbing department they were paid different wages. Not only that, foreman would favor certain guys, and he’d treat others a little differently, roughly, or things like that. (pg42) Interviewer found the alternative job of James during three years depression period, which was a hack driver. He got low wage on hack driver, so after re-opened of factory he left hackers and return to earlier job. Interviewer tried to find the reaction of Steinway; which was terrible when workers form a union. Finally, Interviewer shows the rate of women who works in Steinway and that was very few which proof that there was gender discrimination.
This is a transcript of interview, so we feel practical conversation. We don’t feel that we are reading interview. We go to the real situation by reading transcript of interview. We found many broken words in the interview and this is the real things that happen during interview. But in edited interview they just cut such broken words and modify to make it clear. As we saw the interview of Terkel, we can’t find such hesitation, resistance and incomplete words. We can just see the interviewer question and the long brief answer of interviewee.
Interviewee experience is totally coincidence with the topic “Up Against Wal-Mart”. There was discrimination, low wage paid, hard work, and break down of union in “Up Against Wal-Mart”. I saw similar story in this interview with James Cerofeci.