From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, how a piece of paper is gaining increasing power over the American worker

and can turn a life's work into a liability.

And the President returns to Washington with some family business to attend to.

It's Wednesday, May 31st.

Tell me a little bit about the history of the textile industry in North Carolina.

Well, at one point, North Carolina is a textile capital of the world.

But it kind of declined now.

My name is Keith Bowlinger.

I've been in textile in North Carolina since 1982.

I first started with textile shortly after I graduated from high school.

The company called the Geltman Corporation.

Just an entry-level job, a manual labor job.

You know, I didn't know if I was going to even stay in textile.

That was just the kid.

I kept getting promoted.

So, you know, it turned into a career.

I had to take an uptake cut when the economy paid during the great recession.

Right, right. They cut everybody's pay by 35% to 40%.

And in the meantime, I got an offer from a company about five miles away for manufacturing manager running the plant.

So it was a big promotion for me. It was a big opportunity.

I accepted the job. But that fired only big time.

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