"Alabama Mills Closed 100 P. C. Is Union Claim."
"25,000 Workers Walk Out From Their Jobs / No Disorders Marked Opening of Strike / Six Points Contained in Demands Of Workers For Ending Shut-Down." This article discusses the statewide textile strike by members of the United Textile Workers of America. It lists the strikers' demands...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3449 |
| Summary: | "25,000 Workers Walk Out From Their Jobs / No Disorders Marked Opening of Strike / Six Points Contained in Demands Of Workers For Ending Shut-Down." This article discusses the statewide textile strike by members of the United Textile Workers of America. It lists the strikers' demands and explains their grievances in detail; it also lists the union officials who have set up offices around the state. The article describes the orderly beginning of the strike, reporting that "The eyes of the nation appear to be on Alabama cotton mills at the moment and it is the full intention of the strike leaders...to keep the peace and have no damage done to any of the mill properties." "A staff of motion picture men" are expected soon in Huntsville to film local activities. |
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