Please note this interview was recorded over a telephone call. Carolyn Stieff reflects on her time as an active member of the WMATA union Amalgamated Transit Union 689. Thrust into the labor movement in 1974 while still in her first months on the job, she participated in the 1974 wildcat strike. After that experience Carolyn soon got involved in the union. She speaks about what it was like to be one of the first female bus drivers in DC, a role that brought her both harassment and praise from the riding public. Sexual harassment looms large in the lead up to the 1978 strike. A one-day walkout takes place in response to the rape of one of the female drivers sets the tone for the six-day wildcat strike which follows. Carolyn describes the raucous meetings leading up to the 1978 strike and what it felt like to be on the picket line. She then reflects on why she believes the union was able to stay strong throughout the 1980s and 1990s, even as other unions around the country were experiencing significant hardship. The legacy of the 1978 strike, she believes, helped to carry the union throughout these two decades.