We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 Summary
Joan Dash

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We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 Summary

We Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 tells the dramatic story of a crucial American labor action: the strike by almost thirty thousand newly unionized women to fight miserable wages, long hours, and unsafe working conditions in shirtwaist factories. It is also the story of the fledgling Local 25 of the ILGWU, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and its attempts to organize and educate its members, many of whom were...

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