Strikes (see also: Bx. 50 ff 23) [folder 1 of 14]
Scope and Contents
Includes: Strikers wearing only corsets strike against American Lady Corset Co., Jan. 1941, Detroit MI; employees strike at Brownhill Kramer Full Fashioned Hosiery Mill, Philadelphia, 1/12/37; Harvard University students join a picket line against Vanta Co., 2/1/46; Women striking Nordeen Co. huddle around a fire; Antonini and David Dubinsky lead the strike of Local 457 against Kayser - Roth, 1959; employees of Carolina Industrial Manufacturing Corp. strike, 3/1/55; Local 155 members strike Devon Knitwear; Hochman, Zimmerman, and Antonini lead an ILGWU mass demonstration; Local 187 members strike Mound Carothers Casket Co.; Local 167 members strike Mayehoff, 1958; Jacobs Bros. employees strike; Local 145 members strike, 1958; Padilla Sportswear workers strike; workers strike against Digby Manufacturing Co., 1958; woman from Local 151 with strike placards, 1958; Jerry Gilden workers strike, 2/25/58; workers strike Mountain Top Co., Hendersonville, North Carolina, 4/28/58; members of Local 415, Miami Florida; workers strike against Franklin - Simon; women with placards for strike against Serbin Inc., Fayetteville, Tenn.; Local 408 members hand out leaflets; policeman talks to Ann Dress Co. strikers, Saugerties New York, 3/17/58; Serbin employees picket on the Alabama - Tennessee state line; workers of River Park Manufacturing Co. strike; Belle Manufacturing Co. workers strike; Queen City Dress Co. workers strike, 3/5/58; three ILGWU men on strike, March 5, 1958; Friedman - Blau - Farber workers on strike; Local 142 workers strike against Kaplan Bros.; police break up strike of W.P.A. artists, 12/1/36; Iris workers on strike; workers of Plymouth Co. on strike, 1955; workers picket Glamour Garment; Serbin workers display placards on their boat; Hartsville Workers on strike; Boston garment workers being arrested, 2/20/30; Revelation Bra Co. workers on strike; the ILGWU convention, Atlantic City, May 1937; women strike Walterboro Mfg. Co.; the end of a sit down strike at Kelsey Hayes, Detroit Michigan, 12/24/36; picketers with placards against Kay Dunhill Dresses; workers strike Topps Coat Co., 8/15/52; worker of Robert Leonard on strike; women strike Padula Sportswear; David Dubinsky speech; women of Local 399 distributing leaflets outside department store, Evansville, Ind., 6/31/59; strikers in Freydberg N. Carolina, July 1954; Milham Products workers on strike; Local 91 members picket Gort Girl; workers strike Kayser - Roth, 1959; David Dubinsky helps the Kayser - Roth picketing; Hymar employees on strike; workers of Mittelman - Bernstein picketing in New York City; Emkay strikers take a break, 8/22/53, W. Wyoming, Pennsylvania; Plasco Co. workers strike; workers strike Hazen Bros.; police arrest woman, 2/26/59; Women fight at Memphis strike, 6/6/37; Local 509 strikes Annshire Garment Co.; Blue Bonnet on strike with American Legion members; Betty Lou Jrs. inc. workers on strike, 4/28/54; Union members distribute a leaflet; Workers of H.W. Gossard on strike; Fifth Avenue employees strike, 8/19/52; Artificial Flower Workers' Union strikes against Supervalue Flower Co.; Sterling Neckwear employees strike, 8/6/53; Antonini, Zimmerman, Hochman standing on a platform; child of a striker holds a placard in Vanta strike, Newton, Mass., 2/1/46; men and women hold their general strike cards; women eat a meal in a room with ILGWU posters on the wall; cloak strike, 8/15/52; City Sportswear employees strike, 8/26/52; Beverly Fashions workers on strike; picketers at Page Boy talk to the operators of the shop, 1/15/53; striking women eat breakfast together
Dates
- 1835-1992
Creator
- From the Collection: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Yiddish, Chinese
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
73.14 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository