Solomon Barkin Interview 3

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00:00:00 - Organizing in the South

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Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND:-- what the industry had and it was obvious to that the industry in regards to textile code had extended their power.

Segment Synopsis: Solomon Barkin explains why unions had such a difficult time organizing, and the tactics that they used in the South.

Keywords: National Recovery Administration; mill owners; union organizing

Subjects: Textile manufacturers; Textile workers--Labor unions

00:09:13 - The Impact of Corporate Paternalism on the Labor Union Movement in the South

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Partial Transcript: SOLOMON BARKIN: One of the interesting episodes in the history of Southern textile unionism was the way in which contracts were negotiated for the few limited number of plants, where unions were established.

Segment Synopsis: Solomon Barkin discusses the impact of the paternalism of the mill owners on how they worked to get union contracts at Southern textile mills.

Keywords: mill managers; mill owners; mill villages; paternalism; union organizing; unions outside the South

Subjects: United States. National Recovery Administration; United Textile Workers of America

00:14:28 - The Role of Women in the Textile Workers' Strike of 1934

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Partial Transcript: GEORGE STONEY: Now could you talk about the role of women in the '34 strike.

Segment Synopsis: Solomon Barkin discusses the role women played on the picket line and in support of the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Keywords: picket lines; women mill workers

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); Women in the labor movement

00:17:29 - Pressures to Strike and Breaking the Strike

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Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: (inaudible) at the table you said that, "If you don't have the army on your side you lose."

SOLOMON BARKIN: Oh.

Segment Synopsis: Solomon Barkin discusses the use of the militia to break the strike, and what the UTWA learned from the strike.

Keywords: breaking the strike; legacy of the strike

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); United Textile Workers of America

00:23:46 - The Decision to Strike

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Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: The convention and the decision to strike, a big decision, the culmination came at a national convention.

SOLOMON BARKIN: In New York.

Segment Synopsis: Solomon Barkin discusses the decision to strike at the United Textile Workers' of America convention in August of 1934.

Keywords: United Textile Workers of America convention, August 1934

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); United Textile Workers of America