Work and Protest: Voices

Eula McGill

Eula McGill interviewed by Jacquelyn Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, February 1976. Interviews #G-39 and #G-40 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Eula McGill discusses her first recollections of union activities during World War I. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill talks about her father’s activism in steel mills and a local Labor Day Parade, as well as her father’s description of what a union was. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill talks about efficiency experts and the Bedot system. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill talks about conditions in different mills and her work relationships with supervisors. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill discusses workers’ grievances. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill talks about the events leading up to the strike. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill describes the difficulties workers had talking about their grievances with management. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill talks about the day that workers went on strike. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill describes management’s reaction to the strike. (See transcipt)

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Eula McGill discusses the end of the strike and her feelings about it afterward. (See transcipt)

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Naomi Trammel

Naomi Trammel interviewed by Allen Tullos, Greenville, South Carolina, March 25, 1980. Interview #H-258 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Naomi Trammel talks about the stretch-out at Judson Mills. (See transcipt)

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