Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania
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| Publisher | : Penn State Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
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| ISBN-10 | : 0271045884 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780271045887 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
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Download or read book Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The garment industry gained a foothold in Pennsylvania's hard-coal region as mines were closing. "Runaway" factories, especially from Manhattan, set up shop in mining towns where labor was plentiful and unions scarce. By the 1930s, garment factories employed thousands of wives and daughters of unemployed or underemployed coal miners. Organizing these workers proved difficult for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU).
