| Summary: | Interview about shipyard work with Leonard Kelly, conducted by Jeffrey Pittman, on work experiences, shipyard work, oil industry, union work, cod moratorium. 00:00-00:44- interview, August 5, 2019;Jeff Pittman, collector; Leonard Kelly, 68 years of age, Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia; 00:45-work experience, Jack Keating, College of Trades and Technology, 1973 work at shipyard;01:08-pipefitter, shop steward, good money; 01:49- creativity at work; 02:32- technology changes, composite drawings, scale measure, modules, new ideas; 03:35-job satisfaction, good people, celebration, completion, ship; 04:22- customers, trawlers, Atlantic Fish, National Sea, ferries, offshore supply, Coast Guard; 05:14-wages 1973, $3.73 per hour, 1993, $35,000 per year; 05:51- working conditions, safety; 06:40- boom and bust cycle; 07:28-moved to Halifax in 1993, offer of 2 years work in Marystown; 08:14-fatality at shipyard, Mark Bolt, carbon dioxide discharge, tug, changes to safety procedures; 09:50- Penney Hope; 10:15-oil industry, changes, Ocean Ranger, oil rigs, refit, ballast system; 11:86-wildcat strikes, negotiations; 12:00- camaraderie, Reg Brown, Wally Coady, dart league, Club 20, Bill Drake’s Gravediggers; 13:41-no superstitions; 13:59-great reputation of shipyard, repair facility, Denis Dwyer, Denis Thibadeau; 14:44- importance of shipyard to Burin Peninsula; 15:25- cod moratorium; 16:00- reflections on work; 17:55- 3 employers in fifty years.
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