Don't sleep with Stevens! [electronic resource] : The J.P. Stevens campaign and the struggle to organize the South, 1963-80 / Timothy J. Minchin ; foreword by John David Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minchin, Timothy J.

Series:

New perspectives on the history of the South.

New perspectives on the history of the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

J.P. Stevens & Co--History--20th century.

J.P. Stevens & Co.

Labor unions--Organizing--Southern States--History--20th century.

Labor unions.

Textile workers--Southern States--History--20th century.

Textile workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Timothy Minchin explores a major union campaign to organize J. P. Stevens, a giant textile firm that employed over 40,000 southern workers.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword by John David Smith; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE Selecting a Target; TWO Persistent Unremedied Violations; THREE Changing Gears, 1966-1969; FOUR Saving the Campaign, 1970-1974; FIVE Planning a Boycott; SIX Stirring the Nation's Conscience; SEVEN Corporate Campaigns and Boycotts; EIGHT The Backlash; NINE The New Stevens Strategy; TEN "We Need More White Involvement"; ELEVEN Settlement; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-219) and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-3612-7

OCLC:

677966867