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- Title
A Successful Strike: "The Entire Community is with the Employees."
- Authors
Varat, Daniel R.
- Abstract
This article relates how the Appalachian workers of Champion Fibre Co. located in Haywood County, North Carolina succeeded in their strike against the reduction in their wages and a stretch-out in their work schedules. The strike of 1924 ended in total victory for the workers of Champion Fibre. Two unions were contacted by the workers to form a committee of workers to negotiate their demands. They picketed and they sought recognition of their role as equals in the business enterprise. The International Papermakers Union supported the employees. As a result of the negotiations, the workers returned to their work at their old pay and on their old schedule.
- Subjects
HAYWOOD County (N.C.); NORTH Carolina; STRIKES &; lockouts; WAGES; PAPER industry workers; WORKING hours; CHAMPION Fibre Co.
- Publication
Appalachian Journal, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 1/2, p28
- ISSN
0090-3779
- Publication type
Article