Stretch-Out [1]

Stretch-Out

by William S. Powell, 2006

"Stretch-out" was a term applied by textile mill [4] workers when additional production quotas were applied by their supervisors after a previous quota had been met. The workers were pressured to increase production with little or no further incentive.

Reference:

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and others, Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World (1987).

Additional Resources:

Like and Family, Work and Protest, ibiblio:http://www.ibiblio.org/sohp/laf/protest.html [5]

Subjects:

N.C. Industrial Revolution (1900-1929) [6]

Great Depression (1929-1941) [7]

Textile industry [8]

UNC Press [9]

Authors:

Powell, William S. [10]

From:

Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press. [11]

1 January 2006 | Powell, William S.