Ep. 165 - Labor Union Depictions in Hollywood (Part II): The Rare Pro-Worker Narrative
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The Textile Industry Is Not Unionized
Normaray was based faithfully on the true story of crystal le sutton, a cotton mill worker at the j p stevens plant in roan oak rapids, north carolina. Sutton became active in union organizing after meeting eli zifk vitch, on whom reuben worshowsky was modelled. Management forces workers into longer shifts and posts a letter telling white workers that black workers would use the union as a tool of control. Both of these tactics hap direct sequences for the workers. Norma ray stands up on a work table at the mill holding a sign that reads union. As the workers turn off their mechanical looms in solidarity one by one.
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