Telia "Mame" Griffith Interview 3

Partial Transcript: TELIA "MAME" GRIFFITH:-- worked in Opelika Mill when I was 14 years old. And I've been working -- I worked until I was 65.

Segment Synopsis: Telia "Mame" Griffith discusses working in the textile mill as child.

Subjects: Child labor; Working class--Education

Partial Transcript: THOM MALCOLM: Ma, do remember when Franklin Roosevelt put the code in the code in? and some of the changes that it brought about and how it might have helped the working people?

Segment Synopsis: Telia "Mame" Griffith discusses the impact of the NRA, Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and the stretch-out.

Keywords: National Recovery Administration; stretch-out; women mill workers

Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); Textile workers; Wages

Partial Transcript: THOM MALCOLM: Did you work at Opelika Manufacturing when they got the union in down there in 1970?

TELIA "MAME" GRIFFITH: Yes sir I was working there.

Segment Synopsis: Telia "Mame" Griffith discusses her opinions on unions and how they changed.

Subjects: Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry; Textile workers--Labor unions