11) “You got something behind you.”
Channel: En Masse
Date: 2020-11-22

Denise is one of the few women working in what remains of Barre’s granite industry. She worked as a sandblaster for many years. A lot of experienced workers like her are leaving the industry...and the younger generations are not coming in to take their place. Her workplace now has a CNC machine; it can carve a memorial all on its own. She manages paperwork now as an expediter, but she misses the sandblasting room. As president of her trade union, the Granite Cutters Association, she would like to see more people get into the good union jobs available in the granite industry and join the labor movement.

Oral history transcript to be performed: Denise Guilmette, Granite Expediter, former Sandblaster (2017, original)

Guest performer: Sharon (Skye) Forest

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SOUND & MUSIC CREDITS
Music: "Marie Madeleine" by Tryphème. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Music: "Pour Olympe" by Tryphème. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Music: "White Douleur" by Tryphème. From Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND
Sound Effect: "Creaky bed" by ShadowReaper2814. From freesound.org. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "doctoroffice" by NoiseCollector. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Mouse click and mouse wheel" by NWSP. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Painting 02 090420" by LG. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "Packing tape pull" by Michaelvelo. From freesound.org. CC BY-NC
Sound Effect: "Printing Press Mechanics" by exuberate. From freesound.org. CC BY
Sound Effect: "rubbing paper 1" by thecityrings. From freesound.org. CC BY