Si Kahn - Standing at the End of the Line

10. Standing at the End of the Line (Si): Fear hung like a dark cloud over so many of the coal camps and mill towns where I spent time as a union organizer. Workers wanted higher wages, better benefits, and safer, healthier working conditions. But they were afraid that if they joined the union, they’d lose their jobs – and, in “company towns” where the companies owned the houses, their homes as well.