Biography
Nydia Barken was arrested at strike picketing in Detroit on the morning of January 24, 1933. The January 25 Daily Worker names Barken and Lane among workers arrested for inciting to strike during the Briggs Highland Park/Mack Avenue auto workers walkout for higher wages, an end to piece and gang work, equal pay for women, and shop committee recognition. The report supplies no verdict, discharge or complete custody duration. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v010-n021-NY-jan-25-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1
The July 4 Flint strike dispatch, printing Nydia Barker, reports her arrested after picketing, released, and subsequently rearrested on arrival in Detroit. Rare given name, closely matching surname and same Detroit auto-organizing setting bridge the existing Nydia Barken identity. This is a separate1930Fisher Bodystrikecustody event from her 1933 Briggs arrest. Individual endpoints and total duration are not stated. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v07-n161-NY-jul-05-1930-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1
The Grand Rapids report names Nydia Barker among six antiwar defendants arrested at or before the August 1, 1929 meeting. It says her case was dismissed with four others, but provides no exact physical discharge or custody total. This earlier Michigan political arrest remains separate from her later Fisher Body and Briggs strike arrests. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n129-NY-aug-06-1929-DW-LOC.pdf#page=5
