Labor Unions (19)

Labor Unions
Eula McGill describes management’s reaction
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Eula McGill describes the difficulties workers had
by . Eula McGill describes the difficulties workers hadEula McGill describes the difficulties workers had Eula McGill describes the difficulties workers had talking about their grievances with [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill discusses the end of the strike
by . Eula McGill discusses the end of the strike Eula McGill discusses the end of the strike Eula McGill discusses the end of the strike and her feelings about it [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill discusses workers’ grievances
by . Eula McGill discusses workers’ grievancesEula McGill discusses workers’ grievances Eula McGill discusses workers' [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill discusses World War I
by . Eula McGill discusses World War IEula McGill discusses World War IEula McGill discusses her first recollections of union activities during World War [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill talks about her father’s activism
by . Eula McGill talks about her father’s activismEula McGill talks about her father’s activismEula McGill talks about her father's activism in steel mills and a local Labor Day Parade, as well as her [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill talks about the Bedot system.
by . Eula McGill talks about the Bedot system. Eula McGill talks about the Bedot system. Eula McGill talks about efficiency experts and the Bedot [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill talks about the day that workers went on strike
by . Eula McGill talks about the day that workers went on strikeEula McGill talks about the day that workers went on strike Eula McGill talks about the day that workers went on [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill talks about the strike
by . Eula McGill talks about the strikeEula McGill talks about the strike Eula McGill talks about the events leading up to the [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Eula McGill talks about work conditions
by . Eula McGill talks about work conditionsEula McGill talks about work conditions Eula McGill talks about conditions in different mills and her work relationships with [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Galvez, Marta: We Can Outlast
by Cecelski, David S. I talked with Marta Galvez at her home in Morganton, a small city in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I remembered Morganton as a quiet furniture-making town, the sort of place that didn't [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)
Johnson, Ann: This Woman's War
by Cecelski, David S. Ann Johnson has been a ferocious advocate for the state's elderly for more than 40 years. As the executive director of the Durham County Coordinating Council for Senior Citizens from 1966 to 1990, [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)
Leaders of the Knights of Labor
by . During the late nineteenth century, many workers joined unions in hopes of improving their working conditions and wages. In just three years between 1877 and 1880, the number of national unions grew [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
McDowell, Adell: A Frightful Time
by Cecelski, David S. They called it "Operation Dixie." From 1946 to 1953, a labor union movement swept through the state's tobacco fields, lumber mills and textile factories. It was part of the largest labor organizing [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)
Moses, Athenia: Standing Up For The Things We Believed
by Cecelski, David S. Athenia Moses will soon be honored by the Goldsboro-Wayne County branch of the NAACP for something that she did more than half a century ago. At a banquet on Feb. 11, the NAACP will recognize her and [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)
Naomi Trammel talks about the stretch-out at Judson Mills
by . Naomi Trammel talks about the stretch-out at Judson MillsNaomi Trammel talks about the stretch-out at Judson [...] (from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries.)
Powell, Sallie: Determined To Teach
by Cecelski, David S. I visited Sallie Powell in Elizabethtown, in Bladen County, in the state's southeast corner. In the era of segregated schooling, she was one of a remarkable generation of African-American teachers [...] (from Listening to History, News and Observer.)
The Pullman Strike
by . The Pullman Strike Pullman strikers outside Arcade Building in Pullman, Chicago. This Illinois National Guard can be seen guarding the building during the Pullman Railroad Strike in [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
United Tobacco Workers Local 22: Civil Rights and Tobacco Unionism
by Hill, Michael. The 1940s were a fertile period for labor organizing in the tobacco industry, inspiring a movement for workplace democracy that fed directly into the nascent civil rights movement. African Americans [...] (from Research Branch, NC Office of Archives and History.)
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