Labor unions — Textile workers — Southern states.
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The boycott of J.P. Stevens / produced by Celeste Wesson
Program produced by WBAI and Bill O’Neill. Recorded on July 8, 1977. Interview with Barbara Werthheimer, author of the book, We Were There: The Story of Working Women, discussion on textile workers and labor history. Guests Marva Watkins, J.P. Stevens worker from Montgomery, Alabama and Pam Woywood, ACTWU boycott organizer, and Sister Jeannine Maynard, NYC…
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Rise gonna rise : a portrait of Southern textile workers / Mimi Conway interviewed by Dorothy Healey
Mimi Conway describes the present status of the unionization of textile workers in the South. She discusses how she became involved in the textile industry, why it is difficult to organize today, J. P. Stevens, what we can do to help, and how she came to write “Rise gonna rise: a portrait of Southern textile…