KPFK's labor reporters Bob Aldrich and Sam Kushner interview Crystal Lee Sutton, the textile worker who organized fellow employees despite anti-union activities of the J.P Stevens Company and others. Her experience was the model for the film Norma Rae, starring Sally Field. She discusses her background, conditions in factories, and her recent travels around the country organizing support for the J.P. Stevens boycott. Recorded in Los Angeles on March 10, 1980.
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