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 photo by Jennie Savage |
A
45-minute sound work made from interviews conducted in Pittsburgh, PA
and Cardiff, Wales. It is a constructed dialogue between ex and current
steel workers in the two cities, which have gone from industrial centers
of steel production to post industrial service economies. Working Steel
focuses on the politicisation of the two communities and those within
them who have worked in an industry that once provided a good income and
a clear identity. Over the last 25 years in Pittsburgh and more recently
in Cardiff, ex-steel workers have had to recreate themselves due to the
steel industries decline. On both sides of the Atlantic steel workers
have been faced with unemployment, lost pensions, and the uncertainty
of their future. Working Steel is the voices of the steel workers from
Pittsburg and Cardiff (distinguished only by accents) making and argument
that worker's rights and experiences are an international as well as local
issue. listen http://www.pensionstheft.org/ |