Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania

Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania
Author :
Publisher : Penn State Press
Total Pages : 292
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0271045884
ISBN-13 : 9780271045887
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania by :

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).


Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania Related Books

Fighting for the Union Label: The WomenÕs Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors:
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: Penn State Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
Sewn in Coal Country
Language: en
Pages: 415
Authors: Robert P. Wolensky
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-24 - Publisher: Penn State Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

By the mid-1930s, Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes-Bar
Sweatshop USA
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Daniel E. Bender
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-28 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

For over a century, the sweatshop has evoked outrage and moral repugnance. Once cast as a type of dangerous and immoral garment factory brought to American shor
Sewn in Coal Country
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Robert P. Wolensky
Categories: Clothing trade
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Penn State University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A study of the ladies' garment industry in northeastern Pennsylvania between 1945 and 1995, featuring sixteen selected oral histories conducted with workers, sh
Sewn in Coal Country
Language: en
Pages: 455
Authors: Robert P. Wolensky
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-24 - Publisher: Penn State Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

By the mid-1930s, Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes-Bar