Betty McNary discusses her career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Betty talks about her Russian-Jewish ancestry, leaving home in Toronto at 16 to avoid cultural obligations, and coming to the U.S. She hired into Fisher in 1946 and again in May 1948. Betty talks about factory life for the few women including lower pay, harder work, community restrooms, and stereotypical perceptions of factory women. Betty shares her opinion of the union and management, describes her union activity, smoking, strikes, layoffs, and paying union dues.
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-09-01
- Interviewees
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McNary, Betty
- Subjects
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McNary, Betty
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Local 602 (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile factories--Management
Families
Sex discrimination in employment
Women automobile industry workers
Women labor union members
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:56:52
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Sept. 01, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 15539
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795309
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