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Ed Koss

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Ed Koss

https://mainemill.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Koss_Ed_SW.mp3

Ed Koss was a shoemaker who worked in various factories in Central America. He recounts his job in the shoe industry, and how he went from working in Maine to running factories in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He also discusses how globalization has changed the shoe factories in Lewiston and in the United States.

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