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The Jewish Roots of Labor Day

September 9, 2020 by Chelsea

In honor of Labor Day and the recent anniversary of the sweatshop workers strike, we are reposting this article originally written by Eva Brune. On September 4 in 1894, more than 12,000 New York State tailors – 4,000 from New York City alone — went … Read more

Tags garment factory, garment workers, labor, Labor Day, Labor history, strike, strikers, sweatshop, tailors, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

This Day in History: STRIKE!

September 4, 2018 by Chelsea

This post was written by Eva Brune. On September 4 in 1894, more than 12,000 New York area tailors – 4,000 from New York City alone — went on strike to protest the sweatshop conditions in which they had to work. Many of them Jewish … Read more

Tags garment factory, garment workers, labor, Labor Day, Labor history, strike, strikers, sweatshop, tailors, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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