2026-10-04 16:11 UTC
so when i told her that, one of the first things i remember her saying was, “but nena, sewing only got me into a sweatshop and that job i had at Digital.
you know what “THAT JOB AT DIGITAL” was?
when my mother decided she had enough of gringolandia, she packed her bags and her kids and we went to live with my Nana in San Germán. and in that town was the largest (and only) Western Digital plant in the Caribbean.
my mother used to build motherboards for computers & radio systems for planes…
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social 2026-10-04 16:17
so still in 1973 the aeronautics and silicon asshats were looking for cheap laborers with sewing and fiber arts skills to work in their plants; AND THEY STILL WERE TREATING THEIR WORK AS IF IT WERE LOW-SKILLED, REPLACEABLE, INCONSEQUENTIAL. because, imagine getting someone like mami, who was so traumatised by her years as a sweatshop worker, that getting paid $3 and hour was considered a godsend? my mother was never told that what she did at Western Digital was #engineering work…