You know, it's not like the U.S. couldn't do this too. In fact, we do when it comes to Chinese prison labor in supply chains. But we choose not to generally because we basically don't care about anything but ensuring cheap clothing and cheap meat...
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On June 3, 1824, the Pawtucket, Rhode Island factory strike, one of the first strikes in American history, ended. This is a great entry point into the difficulties of labor.
On April 1, 1913, workers at the Draper textile factory in Hopedale, Massachusetts walked off the job in a strike led by Italian anarchists fighting for basic human rights. The.
On September 13, 1932, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers led a successful strike of garment workers in Baltimore. This strike was a sign of the growing organizing of the 1930s that would eventually change the world for much of the American working class. The garment industry...
In the 1970s, a significant movement developed in the sweatshops of Chinatown in New York, where workers demanded labor rights. They were represented by what was left of the old.
On January 25, 1926, the Passaic textile strike began. This was the first really important strike that the Communist Party ran and one that provided the workers a marginal victory.
On June 3, 1900, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union formed when delegates from 11 local unions of garment workers from New York, Newark, Baltimore, and Philadelphia met to form a larger union. The ILGWU would be a major player in American unionism over the...
On April 4, 1936, the Strutwear strike in Minneapolis was won by the workers, a significant victory not just for the workers of Minnesota, but specifically for the women who.
On April 1, 1951, members of the Textile Workers Union of America struck the Dan River Mills in Virginia, part of an attempt to organize the southern textile mills. This.
On September 27, 1875, striking textile workers in Fall River, Massachusetts engaged in a bread riot as the workers were forced to return to their job or face shipment to the state's poor farm. This strike and incident was a sign of transitioning gender roles...
On June 7, 1913, the supporters of the Industrial Workers of the World led textile worker strike in Paterson, New Jersey held the Paterson Strike Pageant at Madison Square Garden.
When we think of terrible labor standards in the 21st century economy, we may very well think of Wal-Mart and for good reason. But the real villain in the international.