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Stretch-Out

by William S. Powell, 2006

"Stretch-out" was a term applied by textile mill workers when additional production quotas were applied by their supervisors after a previous quota had been met. The workers were pressured to increase production with little or no further incentive.

Reference:

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and others, Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World (1987).

Additional Resources:

Like and Family, Work and Protest, ibiblio:http://www.ibiblio.org/sohp/laf/protest.html

Subjects:

Great Depression (1929-1941)

N.C. Industrial Revolution (1900-1929)

Textile industry

Authors:

Powell, William S.

From:

Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.

1 January 2006 | Powell, William S.