Identifier

OBJ_627_sideA_01; OBJ_627_sideB_01

Title

Suzie Fawcett Interview [Women's Labour History Project]

Description

An interview of Suzie Fawcett conducted by Sara Diamond. Fawcett discusses the difficulty of attaining training as a working class woman; waitress work at the Hotel Vancouver; working conditions in CNR owned hotels; the HREU’s attempt to organize the hotel in 1942; subsequent radicalization of staff; the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway and Transport and General Workers organizing CNR hotels; improvement in wages; Fawcett’s opposition to political unionism; raising two children while working full-time.

Format

MP3

Type

Audio recording

Creator

See all items with this valueWomen's Labour History Project

See all items with this valueSara Diamond

Date Created

1979

Is Part Of

See all items with this valueSara Diamond fonds

Contributor

Suzie Fawcett

Theme

See all items with this valueLabour

Subject

Women

Labour organizing

Employment

British Columbia

Hotel Sector

Tags and Specific Analysis

H.R.E.U.

Union organizing

Places, Locations and Nations

Vancouver. Unceded Territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Source

See all items with this valueVIVO Media Arts Centre

Provenance

The personal archive of Dr. Sara Diamond donated to the Crista Dahl Media Library and Archive in 2018. This material is part of the Women's Labour History Project oral history series.

Sara Diamond was the interviewer.

Access Rights

For research purposes. Requires permission to publish. Please contact the archivist.

Rights Holder

Sara Diamond

Case Study

Case Study 1