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Ruth Crisco started at the mill in 1972 when she was 16. Her mother, sister and brother all worked there. When it closed she was serving as a chairperson for UNITE!, the union which was voted in in 1999. She was at the union hall the morning of July 30, 2003, when she got a call about the closure. She made over $19 an hour at the time and can barely make that now. "Five years later, I'm still struggling from the loss of Pillowtex," she said.

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Ruth Crisco started at the mill in 1972 when she was 16. Her mother, sister and brother all worked there. When it closed she was serving as a chairperson for UNITE!, the union which was voted in in 1999. She was at the union hall the morning of July 30, 2003, when she got a call about the closure. She made over $19 an hour at the time and can barely make that now. "Five years later, I'm still struggling from the loss of Pillowtex," she said.