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Oral History Interview with Angela Ng, 2004-01-20
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Identifier: 2014.036.009
Abstract
Angela Ng immigrated to the United States in 1970 from Hong Kong and worked as a unionized garment worker for over 25 years. In the interview, she describes her work and experience as a garment worker, and talks about the changes happening in the garment industry. She also discusses union benefits, work conditions, family life for workers, pay, and job availability.
On September 11th, 2001, Angela was working at the garment factory when she noticed a plane fly too low overhead and heard an...
Dates:
2004-01-20
Oral History Interview with Wing Ma, 2003-11-07
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Identifier: 2014.036.016
Abstract
Wing Ma (Ma Wing Guo) was born in China to a poor farming family who moved to Hong Kong as refugees when he was age two. Wing talks about his life growing up in Hong Kong with his mother working in the garment industry and his father working as a chef in Manila. He studied until post-secondary school before moving to the United States to train and work as an engineer. Wing would eventually join the garment industry as a factory owner, and describes the industry’s decline over time due to...
Dates:
2003-11-07