February 6, 1910

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/02/february-6-1910/


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A strike by shirtwaist workers – primarily immigrant women and girls – in Philadelphia’s garment sweatshops ends. Despite mass arrests, intimidation, scabs, and media blasts against them, the workers refused to back down until their demands for improved working conditions, reduce working hours, increased wages, and union recognition were met. [Photo: unidentified shirtwaist workers, probably in New York, ca. 1909.]

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[Enthusiast]

1. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

[Brigid]

2. I wonder when this will start happening again.

There have been a few stories about workers trying to assert themselves lately, but not nearly enough.

[el_bryanto]

3. Our culture is kind of anti-union i don't know what will happen

IT doesn't seem as bad as it was 10 years go maybe but it's still pretty bad. But surely people eventually have to realize that waiting for the Federal Government to step in isn't going to work.

Bryant

[Brigid]

4. I am honestly surprised . . .

That there hasn't been serious trouble in WV over what Freedom Industries has done to the water supply. I really am. The coal industry still owns that state the way it did a century ago, and we all know what that led to.