The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC), September 18th, 2005
Byline: JUSTIN CORD HAYES JAMESTOWN -- Oakdale Cotton Mill has provided shelter, provisions and paychecks for its workers since 1865. But that way of life is threatened as the mill wrestles with a changing global landscape, leaving Oakdale Mill employees with an uncertain future, made more painful by a wealth of memories and history. Oakdale's leaders want to believe the mill can run indefinitely, despite a precipitous drop in orders during the past decade. But competition from overseas exports is hurting the entire U.S.-based textile industry. All safeguards protecting domestic production...
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