I was trying to find out what textile company did the famous “a buck well spent” ads in the 1940s and discovered it was Springs Cotton Mills, which has North and South Carolina connections. I ran across this in their company history:
In 1934 the United Textile Workers of America attempted to organize
workers at the Springs mills. Elliott Springs allowed the union to
address the workers at a company-owned baseball field in Chester. After
the organizers had spoken, Springs mounted the platform and told the
workers that if they went on strike, he would close the plants and take
his family to Europe. The workers later voted unanimously against union
representation.
Now that’s what I call labor relations.
