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Johnnie Rankin discusses the position of women within the Boilermakers Union and the types of jobs she worked at the shipyard. She also discusses childcare, equal pay, and the existence of issues specific to women. She talks about what she learned from the trade unions, and how working changed her life. Finally, she discusses working in restaurants and approaching the Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union.

Johnnie Rankin discusses organizing in restaurants, going to business school, the 1946 strike and the role of women within it, the creation of the Labour Theatre Guild, and the political impact working during the war had on her.

Alice Person discusses segregation on hops farms, her daily duties, as well as living/working conditions on the farm. She also talks about domestic work, and changes in employment with the breakout of World War II, particularly for women.

Alice Person discusses attitudes towards women working, the issue of equal pay, the beginnings of her union consciousness, and what she learned from her family with regards to politics. She also discusses changes to women’s rights.

Alice Person discusses her family’s move to British Columbia, her early life, and her family’s experiences on welfare. She also touches upon organizations for the unemployed, her employment history, working on a hops farm, and segregation in the farming industry.

June Olson and her husband, Nels Olson, discuss the Lake Cowichan logging industry and their families’ roles in it during the depression and war years. Nels gives an overview of the many companies that worked there including McDonald Murphy Logging. Tree felling safety issues are discussed.

Emily Nuttall continues her discussion of the Milwaukee Convention (1946), and also discusses Archie Johnson, and her opinion on current events at the time of interview.

June Olson discusses safety in logging camps. She also discusses her father, her mother, and her childhood in Lake Cowichan.

Emily Nuttall discusses her experiences in hotel & restaurant workers unions, her election to President of Local 676, working conditions, hostility towards feminism in the bartender’s unions, daily union work, the bravery and difficulty of union organizing, and the war effort.

Emily Nuttall discusses difficulties with organizing in restaurants (lots of turnover, its consideration as “women’s work”), changes in outlook on the profession from the Depression, her involvement with hotel organizing (particularly in the Georgia Hotel and the Belmont Hotel), and the union’s work towards shorter work weeks and the elimination of split shifts.

Emily Nuttall discusses her early life, education, and her first job waitressing in 1930s Winnipeg (job search, wages, hours). She also discusses working conditions, sexual harassment in the workplace, and when she became interested in union organizing, and her early experiences in unions (Toronto, 1942).

Emily Nuttall discusses pushing for legislation implementing paid transportation at the end of night shifts, women in the trade union movement and the progression of the women’s movement, the Milwaukee convention (McCarthyism, communism and red baiting), her expulsion from the union, blacklisting, and unemployment.

Mona Morgan discusses how she got involved with the labour movement, including details about her early life, the Great Depression, and her first jobs in Vancouver as a housekeeper and in the office of B.C. Plywoods. She talks about her firing from the mill, her involvement with the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), and the pushback people receive when they stand up for their rights. She talks about wages, hours, living conditions, and safety for housekeepers and mill employees.

Mona Morgan discusses the position of women in the union and the wood industry, and societal changes for women during and after World War II. She also discusses racism within the industry and the union.

Mona Morgan discusses her election to the executive of Local 107, the activities undertaken by Women’s Auxiliaries, the organization of social events, and recruitment techniques. She also discusses cultural differences between the past and present, the On to Ottawa trek, houswives organizing after the war, and red baiting.

Mona Morgan discusses the Women’s Auxiliary, and the living conditions of women married to loggers. She also discusses the attitudes of men towards women’s organization, and the 1946 Strike.

Mona Morgan discusses isolation amongst homemakers and the necessity of joint responsibility for the home. She also discusses women’s rights, including their inability to vote in civic elections. Finally, she discusses McCarthyism in the unions, and her experiences running for civic office.

Mona Morgan discusses activism amongst housewives after the war, and her personal experiences with social movements.

May Martin continues discussion of The Night Order. She also discusses organizing, and living/working conditions in the Yukon. She discusses experiences of waitresses with sex work and sexual harassment, and the changing image of waitressing as a profession. Finally, she discusses contract demands, bartenders’ attitudes towards waitresses, and begins discussing the Milwaukee Convention.

May Martin discusses the Milwaukee Convention, the struggle for leadership of the union, and her expulsion from the union.

May Martin discusses her takeover of the union office with Emily Nuttall, her opposition towards the International, and her expulsion from the union. She also discusses turnover in the industry and the position of women in the union.

May Martin discusses her life in Quebec and Ontario prior to moving to British Columbia in 1942. She also talks about her daily duties as a hotel waitress, including her wages and hours. She discusses joining the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, why she supported trade unions, the treatment of workers in restaurants, sexual harassment in the workplace, and the role of shop steward.

May Martin discusses her election to business agent of the Hotel & Restaurant Employees Union, methods for organizing restaurants, the role of business agent, and the push to procure transportation home after night shifts (The Night Order).

Gladys Hilland discusses how she became involved in the union, methods for organizing, and men’s reactions to women in union organization.

Gladys Hilland discusses struggles over leadership within the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), the Canadian unions’ break with the international, the consequences of this break, and her own role within it. She also discusses federal legislation’s impact on union organizing, the No Strike Pledge, the war effort, and unionism as a political issue.