Strike!
Strike! by Mary Heaton Vorse, published by University of Illinois Press in 1991, is a reprint edition comprising 236 pages in English. This book presents a vivid portrait of the notorious textile strikes at the Loray Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, during the late 1920s. It explores the harsh realities faced by mill workers, including long hours, low wages, and the societal pressures that compelled entire families to work in the mills.
Readers will find a detailed account of the living and working conditions of the strikers, the challenges posed by labor spies, and the fluctuating morale among the workers. The narrative captures the violence and turmoil of the strikes, including shootings, deaths, and the involvement of vigilante mobs. As the first of six novels inspired by the Gastonia strike, this work reflects significant themes related to labor and industrial relations in the United States during the 20th century.
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The most famous of the bloody southern textile strikes that took place in the late 1920s occurred at the Loray Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, where workers endured fifty-five-hour work weeks, the stretchout, and pay so low that everyone in their families over sixteen normally was expected to enter the mill. Strike! is a vivid portrait of the mill workers’ living and working conditions, the discomfort of the few southern liberals, the labor spies, the wavering morale of the strikers, the shootings, deaths, and trials, and the vigilante mobs.
The story is told by Mary Heaton Vorse, the leading labor reporter of the period, who had covered major strikes since 1912. This novel was the first of six inspired by the Gastonia strike. Critics hailed it as the best.
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