The Garment Strikes Before Triangle Shirtwaist (1909)

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It’s December 12th. This day in 1909, garment industry workers in New York and Philadelphia are on a massive strike, protesting working conditions and beginning to unionize in favor of better working conditions. This was a couple years before the more infamous fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss how these earlier protests and victories re-cast our understanding of Shirtwaist, and the labor activism of the time.

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