Inspiration for movie 'Norma Rae' dies at 68

Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film "Norma Rae," has died. She was 68.

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Bloggers Consider Forming Labor Union

Do bloggers need their own Norma Rae?

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Poll. Guys. Sally Field. I'd still hit that in a heartbeat! Wouldn't you?

I see Sally Field on TV all of the times these days in an anti-osteoporosis commercial and all I can think about when I see her is "Damn! She still looks great!".

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The North Carolina union organizer who was the inspiration for the movie "Norma Rae" died on Friday of brain cancer after a battle with her insurance company, which delayed her treatment. She was 68.

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