Textiles and Unions in the South, 1929 - 1980, bulk: 1973 - 1980

Textiles and Unions in the South, 1929 - 1980, bulk: 1973 - 1980

1929-1980

Includes an article about deceased union organizer Ella May and union protest songs, an article about labor organizing in Gastonia and the strike at the Loray Mill, a history of the transformation of southern textile mills from the 40’s to the 60’s, an article about labor organizing at Oneita Knitting Mills, an article about chicano’s in the textile industry, an article about the labor law violations of J.P. Stevens & Co. and union opposition to the company, an Institute for Southern Studies article about the textile industry including information on unions and strikes, documents about textile workers unionizing at Duke and forming the Duke Workers Organizing Committee (DWOC), a Burlington Industries letter to its shareholders about the Labor Reform Bill which would empower unions, and an article noting how Jim Waller and Bill Sampson were both important union leaders against Cone Mills.

Waller, Signe, 1938

Communist Workers Party (U.S.)

Ku Klux Klan (1915)

Greensboro (N.C.) Race relations

Greensboro (N.C.) History

Massacres--North Carolina--Greensboro--History--20th century

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/mss%3A211897