Sonja Hutson
speaker
2,667 appearances
44 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3d ago
Sonja Hutson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He pulls out an empty box from a pile of papers on his desk and shows me the label on it.
How does a day working here compare to a day working at Bethlehem Steel?
He's no longer in a union.
Bill says that made him feel vulnerable.
How did the two working environments compare?
We talked about the people, but what about the actual work itself?
Was there anything about working at the steel mill and the machine shop that trained you or helped you in your career as a nurse?
This episode got me thinking about how different work used to look.
You were doing things by hand, working in massive factories that employed your neighbors, your parents, your siblings.
So many people I talked to could list off several family members who worked for Bethlehem Steel.
It was hard work and it was dangerous work, and there was such a reverence for it.
It reminded me of my own family, who hails from the Midwest.
My grandmother used to talk about how proud her family was when her father got a job as a welder for military ships during World War II.
She told me that he was the best welder at the factory.
And honestly, I'm not sure how to fact check her on that.
When she died last year, I found her father's work badge in a box inside her closet.
Can you imagine keeping something like that for 80 years?
Bethlehem Steel was more than just a job for Bill, too.
And that was evident as we stood in front of the old machine shop where he used to work.
Always.
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