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The rise in standards of living throughout the U. S. in the wake of World War II brought significant changes to the lives of southern textile workers. Mill workers wages rose, their purchasing power grew, and their economic expectations increasedwith little help from the unions. Timothy Minchin argues that the reasons behind the failure of textile unions in the postwar South lie not in stereotypical assumptions of mill workers passivity or anti-union hostility but in these large-scale social changes.Minchin addresses the challenges faced by the TWUAcompetition from nonunion mills that matched or exceeded union wages, charges of racism and radicalism within the union, and conflict between its northern and southern branchesand focuses especially on the devastating general strike of 1951.Drawing extensively on oral histories and archival records, he presents a close look at southern textile communities within the context of the larger history of southern labor, linking events in the textile industry to the broader social and economic impact of World War II on American society.
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What Do We Need a Union For? : The TWUA in the South, 1945-1955 Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies
author
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Minchin, Timothy J.
publisher
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University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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0807846252
print isbn13
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9780807846254
ebook isbn13
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9780807863428
language
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English
subject
Textile Workers Union of America--History, Textile workers--Labor unions--Southern States--History--20th century, Textile workers--Southern States--History--20th century.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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HD6515.T42T485 1997eb
ddc
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331.88/177/00975
subject
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Textile Workers Union of America--History, Textile workers--Labor unions--Southern States--History--20th century, Textile workers--Southern States--History--20th century.
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What Do We Need a Union For?
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The Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies
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What Do We Need a Union For?
The TWUA in the South, 19451955
Timothy J. Minchin
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1997 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Minchin, Timothy J. What do we need a union for?: the TWUA in the South, 19451955/by Timothy J. Minchin. p. cm.(The Fred W. Morrison series in Southern studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8078-2317-1 (cloth : alk. paper). isbn 0-8078-4625-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Textile Workers Union of AmericaHistory. 2. Trade-unionsTextile workersSouthern States History20th century. 3. Textile workers Southern StatesHistory20th century. I. Title. II. Series. HD65I5.T42T485 1997 331.88'177'00975dc20 96-25419 CIP
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 Workers, Mills, and Unions before 1945
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2 Cracking the Textile Industry: Operation Dixie, 19461953
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3 "What Do We Need a Union For? We've Never Had It So Good": The Problem of Rising Wages in Operation Dixie
6 Losing on the Relief Line: The 1951 Strike in Danville, Virginia
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7 The Death of the Union: The Fallout from the 1951 General Strike
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8 Breaking the Chains of Slavery: Unionization and Social Change in Rockingham, North Carolina
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Conclusion
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Notes
211
Bibliography
261
Index
273
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Acknowledgments
During the research for this project, I have incurred many debts, especially to those who helped make my time in the United States productive and enjoyable. I wish to thank the staff of the personnel department of Dan River Mills in Danville, Virginia, for allowing me access to their private records and providing a place for me to look at them. My research was also made possible by the help of many archivists across the United States, particularly the staff of Perkins Library at Duke University. I am also greatly indebted to all the people who kindly agreed to oral interviews, for without oral history this book could not have been written. I especially wish to thank Mae Dawson in Tarboro, North Carolina, and Beatrice McCumbee in Rockingham, North Carolina, for their warm hospitality and help in locating other retired workers. Many others across the United States also made me feel welcome and helped me greatly in securing interviews and in many other ways. I especially wish to thank Joel Leighton, Junius Scales, and Norris Tibbetts, who provided accommodation as well as information while I was on my travels.
I wish to thank George Waldrep of Duke University for all his help in tackling this topic and for sharing long-distance research trips to Washington, D. C., and Wisconsin. John Salmond shared pizza and useful advice throughout and also kindly read an early draft; Bob Zieger also provided keen insight and support. I am particularly indebted to Jim Leloudis of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill who kindly agreed to supervise me while I was in North Carolina and encouraged my research. I owe other academic debts to Bob Korstad, Cliff Kuhn, John Thompson, Rick Halpern, Jim Hodges, Steve Spackman, and Howell Harris for helping me develop my project at various stages of its life. I would also like to thank Lewis Bateman of the University of North Carolina Press for his encouragement and support of my research. My supervisor, Tony Badger, has guided me throughout and has been a consistent source of encouragement and support.
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