Eula McGill Interview 18

Partial Transcript: EULA MCGILL: Um '65 or '66 I guess it was about that time when we'd contact a few people at the (inaudible) clothing company (inaudible) Georgia.

Segment Synopsis: Eula McGill discusses the role that racism played in union organizing.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Racism; Textile workers--Labor unions

Partial Transcript: JACQUELINE HALL: Well after World War II the garment industry moved into the South in a rampant way.

Segment Synopsis: Eula McGill discusses the impact of the garment industry moving into the South, why the union leadership was predominantly male, and dealing with sexism in the union.

Subjects: Sexism; Textile workers--Labor unions; Women in the labor movement; Women labor leaders

Partial Transcript: JACQUELINE HALL: How do you account for the fact that you have not followed that traditional role at all?

Segment Synopsis: Eula McGill discusses some of the challenges she faced as an organizer, how she dealt with them, and how her experiences contrasted with those of male organziers.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Women in the labor movement; Women labor leaders

Partial Transcript: JACQUELINE HALL: Well I guess until 1970 or so for almost 20 years you pretty much have lived on the road from the time you left LaFollette.

Segment Synopsis: Eula discusses what her life was like during her 20 years traveling as a union organizer, and her friends.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Women in the labor movement

Partial Transcript: JACQUELINE HALL: What has the nature of your work done to your private life?

Segment Synopsis: Eula McGill discusses her private life, including her second marriage, and not raising her son.

Keywords: Eula McGill

Subjects: Women in the labor movement

Partial Transcript: JACQUELINE HALL: In 1970 a new organizational structure was set up and your position changed?

Segment Synopsis: Eula McGill discusses organizational changes in union organizing in the 1970s.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Textile workers--Labor unions