[Interview of labor leader Phoebe Nowaczewski].

In and oral history interview, Phoebe Nowaczewski talks about her work as a gear cutter at Dodge Main during the war, being a single mother, her union involvement, being elected Recording Secretary for UAW Local 961, different pay and work for women, and the role she played in eliminating the fifty-...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Detroit labor history tours.
Corporate Author: Michigan Labor History Society (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Nowaczewski, Phoebe, 1918-2003 (Interviewee)
Dobija, Jane (Interviewer)
Babson, Steve
Language:English
Series:Detroit labor history tours.
Subjects:
Nowaczewski, Phoebe, > 1918-2003 > Interviews.
Labor leaders > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Hamtramck > Anecdotes.
Nowaczewski, Phoebe, > 1918-2003 > Political activity.
Labor union locals.
Labor unions > Elections.
Equal pay for equal work.
Nowaczewski, Phoebe, > 1918-2003 > Family.
Single mothers.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Anecdotes.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Local Note:
MSU; Gift of John Revitte.
Physical Description:1 audio file (44 min., 25 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
In and oral history interview, Phoebe Nowaczewski talks about her work as a gear cutter at Dodge Main during the war, being a single mother, her union involvement, being elected Recording Secretary for UAW Local 961, different pay and work for women, and the role she played in eliminating the fifty-four hour work week. She also talks about first running for union office in 1952, her service on the Local and Regional Women's Committee, contributing language to the UAW Constitutional Convention resolutions, the types of jobs she had and the plants she worked in, her family, and her social life.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Detroit labor history tours sponsored by the Michigan Labor History Society.
The interview is conducted as source material for the book "Working Detroit : the making of a union town" by Steve Babson.
Call Number:DB42299
Voice 42299
Playing Time:00:44:25
Event Details:
Recorded 1981