Remember that our apparel companies continue their endless globalization of evil, from Triangle to the present: When police used stun batons to hit garment workers seeking a $14 monthly raise.
On May 10, 1972, the Farah clothing strike in El Paso began. This almost all-Latino workforce, mostly women, were on the front lines of labor activism in the early 70s..
This is the grave of Amos Lawrence. Born in 1786 in Groton, Massachusetts, Lawrence was of an OK but ultimately middling background. He went to some good schools, but but.
On March 30, 1891, the National Union of Textile Workers formed. This early attempt to unite New England textile workers did not succeed, but it was an important moment in.
In the decade since I spent a year exploring the horrors of outsourcing for Out of Sight, nothing has happened to hold corporations accountable for using the most exploited possible.
On June 28, 1946, the CIO's Operation Dixie campaign to organize the textile mills of Kannapolis, North Carolina began. It was a complete failure. We need to look at why..
On September 22, 1910, Chicago garment workers walked off the job. This strike not only was one of the key garment worker strikes of the era, but also started the.
Part of what it means to be a white liberal in an era of globalized capitalism is that we consume whatever we want, but then rather than just throwing it.
