Forest L. Green Interview

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: Okay. Could you identify yourself?

Segment Synopsis: Judith Helfand asks Forest L. Green to describe a photograph of him and his fellow union local members.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Labor union locals; Labor unions--Organizing

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: It was a year after they passed, about a year after they passed the NRA and you were on eight hours instead of ten hours.

Segment Synopsis: Forest L. Green says that he and his fellow employees felt like the mill sped up the machines after the NRA passed new laws.

Keywords: eight hour workday

Subjects: Hours of Labor--Law and legislation; United States. National Recovery Administration; Wages

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: Now you told me one of your jobs that they asked you to do to help out was to go look in on people? Is that right?

Segment Synopsis: Forest L. Green describes his efforts at investigating claims about lack of food. the WPA, and commissaries.

Keywords: mill villages; union organizing

Subjects: Food; Hunger; Labor unions--Organizing

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: Now, was Howard Payne a good leader?

Segment Synopsis: Forest L. Green describes what kind of leader Howard Payne was and meetings at the central body.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Central labor councils; Labor unions--Organizing; Police; Public speaking

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: Now, you told me that you went down to Concord at one point during that strike.

Segment Synopsis: Forest L.Green describes riding with fellow Louise Mill union members to Concord to protest the mill. He talks about the militia, picket lines, strikers, and flying squadrons.

Keywords: picket lines; union organizing

Subjects: Crowds; Labor unions--Organizing; Picketing; Strikes and lockouts; Trucks

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: How did the mill respond to the idea of a union?

Segment Synopsis: Forest L. Green describes the mill management response to the union.

Keywords: conflicts between mill workers and management; mill owners

Subjects: Industrial management; Labor unions--Organizing

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: When this all settled, did you ever hear about unions again?

Segment Synopsis: Forest L. Green describes union efforts after the failed 1934 strike at the Louise Mills.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Labor unions--Organizing; Voting; Wages