Buy this book on-line International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union : SHOP NEWS. NO. 20. AUGUST 12, 1941 "DRESSMAKERS WIN WAGE INCRESASE, 30 MORE SPORTSWEAR SHOPS SIGNED"Los Angeles [New York], The Union, 1941
Newspaper. 4 pages. Includes photos. Holocaust era issue, but really a recrutiment pamphlet disguised as a newspaper which displays all the ways the union is winning and growing. "Published for and in the interest of Workres in Non-Union Shops by International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union." Four months later the US would be in the war and strikes would be banned, the textile industry booming with war-time production. The heavily Yiddish-speaking International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U. S. Unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. Back page includes Noticias Del Taller, in Spanish. Contents includes: “Strikers Get 15 Per Cent Boost in Pay, ” “Dubinsky Rejoices Over Victories; Pledges Full Aid, ” “Blanket Sportswear Agreement Signed. ” OCLC lists no copies. Cover is slightly darkened but all text is clear. Letter “D” written on cover in margin. Very good condition. (HOLO2-39-7-XX-'+) ., OK 06/12 Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union : SHOP NEWS. NO. 20. AUGUST 12, 1941 "DRESSMAKERS WIN WAGE INCRESASE, 30 MORE SPORTSWEAR SHOPS SIGNED". Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres d'occasion, libri antichi, out-of-print books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |