Object Details
Description
In the early 1900s, union organizers overcame the seemingly impossible task of uniting employees in factories and small scattered shops. Surmounting ethnic divisions and hostile owners, workers built lasting labor unions within the major divisions of the garment industry. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union organized women’s and children’s apparel workers; the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America focused on men’s clothing employees; and the United Garment Workers of America centered primarily on makers of work clothing.
With President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation granting unions legal protection to organize, membership in needle trade unions rose to more than 400,000 out of a garment industry work force of more than 600,000 in 1934.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
date made
1916
associated date
May 3, 1916
ID Number
1986.0710.0043
accession number
1986.0710
catalog number
1986.0710.0043
Object Name
Poster
Measurements
overall: 17 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 29.21 cm
place made
United States: New York, New York City
made at
United States: New York, New York City
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Textile Processing and Production
Labor Unions
Strikes and Boycotts
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_538732