Almost Unbelievable: The Story of an Industry, a Union and a Law |
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79th Congress AFL-CIO agent Alexander City Altavista amendments American Burlington campaign charge Chatham Chatham Manufacturing Company collective bargaining committee Communist company's conduct contract cotton mill delay dismissed Drakes Branch effect efforts federal fight files fired free choice free speech hearing Henderson intimidation Jonesville Labor Relations Board labor-management relations leaders Manufacturing Company Mason-Dixon line meeting miles from Elkin mill town National Labor Relations negotiating Negro NLRB pattern plant closing ployer police Porterdale president protection racial issue refused responsible Reuther right-to-work Roger Milliken Section self-organization South southern textile employers southern textile industry southern textile mill southern textile workers stall story strike surveillance Taft Taft-Hartley Act Taft-Hartley Law textile mill owners Textile Workers Union threats tion told trade unionism TWUA began TWUA's unfair labor practice union activities union adherents Union of America union organizer union sympathizers union-busting unionists violence voted Wagner Act WALTER REUTHER wanted WGTL