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Friday Sep 27, 2019
September 27 - The Uprising of 20,000 Women and Girls
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
On this day in Labor History the year was 1909. That was the day the International Ladies Garment Workers Union began a strike against the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Eventually, female workers struck at 339 of the 352 shirtwaist manufacturing firms in New York City. The strike was referred to as the “Uprising of the 20,000.”
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