Alice Redding interviews conducted by Helen Marie Moss and Donald Eugene Stacy, 2014-11-21 and 2015-03-04

Alice discusses her work as a home care worker and her union work. She talks about her typical day; the challenges of balancing the needs of her clients with her needs and the needs of her family; the gratification she takes in having a meaningful job; the role of the church and her local community in her life; and the important role active union involvement has played and continues to play in her sense of herself as a worker and a member of an important occupational group.

This interview was done in two parts. The first part was conducted on 11/21/14 at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 503 office in Portland. The second part was conducted, at Redding's request, on 3/4/15 at the First United Methodist Church in Rainier, Oregon. The interviewee asked to add a few things to the interview.

Recorded at the Service Employees International Union, Local 503, Portland Office, Portland and Rainier, Oregon, November 21, 2014.

Taking Care--Documenting the Occupational Culture of Home Care Workers, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2014-2015 (AFC 2014/021: 01660) 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.

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