Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980 Page: 12
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son can be working at a job level in UCC, be recruited
by EDS at a raise, be recruited by TI (Texas Instruments)
at a raise, be recruited back to UCC at the same job at
another $100 more a month, and so there is progress. They
don't need a union for rates. They don't need a union
for job security. They don't need a union.
What about women in the unions?
Women in the unions, in some industries, are there. I
hate to stereotype any group, but women, because of the
industry, are notoriously hard to organize.
Now we're talking about the garment industry, basic-
ally. In Texas the garment industry is really growing.
You have Hagar Slacks, Farrah Slacks. All these are Texas-
based, and they've grown. Most of the textile industries
are in the South now instead of the Northeast, and they
are not organized, and there are a large percentage of
women who we haven't been able to organize.
Yet at the Telephone Company, which has basically
everybody there organized, except their professional
people and their supervisory people, about 60 percent
of membership of that union is women, and they are mili-tant. They are strong union members, and they participate
in the meetings, and they participate in any work stop-
pages, and they participate in negotiations, and they
participate in all facets of it. They are excellent unionKing:
Freeland:
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King, Amelia Kay & Freeland, Gene. Oral History Interview with Gene Freeland, October 12, 1980, book, October 12, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085622/m1/14/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.