Interview with Rebecca J. Maynard, May 22, 1987

Interview Summary

Maynard talks about how she got her job in the kitchen of Pikeville Methodist Hospital and the duties and working conditions of the job. She talks about what led hospital workers to want a union, their organizing efforts, and the choice to align with the CWA. Maynard talks about the reactions of her family and friends to the strike as well as the intense, sometimes violent, reactions of hospital leadership. Maynard discusses the decision to pull the picket line and the poor working conditions upon returning to work. Maynard talks about the conditions of picketing and the relationships she created there. She also talks about her education, career path, and marriage.

Interview Keyword

Unions Working conditions Colleagues Unionization Picket lines Pikeville Methodist Hospital Marriages Organizing Communications Workers of America (CWA) United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)

Interview LC Subject

Women in the labor movement Families. Picketing. Labor unions--Strike benefits Strikes and lockouts--Kentucky Communications Workers of America United States--Trials, litigation, etc. Medical care--Kentucky Communications Workers of America. Salaries

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