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Labor stories from Southern Exposure

by Barry Yeoman on December 31, 1996

No Ways Tired (Southern Exposure, Summer 1996)
Kmart workers in Greensboro, N.C., are invoking the spirit and tactics of the civil rights movement to create a new model for union organizing. (Opens as a PDF.)

Taking Stock (Southern Exposure, Spring 1994)
Workers thought the days of paternalism at Cone Mills were long past—until the company offered to make them part-owners. (Opens as a PDF.)

Factory Clearance (Southern Exposure, Fall 1990)
Three years after the closure of its American Tobacco factory, Durham workers struggle to make ends meet. (Opens as a PDF.)

Don’t Count Your Chickens (Southern Exposure, Summer 1989)
Poultry companies promise farmers good money—but some growers end up with big debts and empty barns. Part of a package that won the National Magazine Award for Public Interest. (Opens as a PDF.)

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