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1910 Chicago garment workers' strike

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43: 448:) encouraged that the strikers reach a deal. A deal was reached when the labor leader Sidney Hillman collaborated with the HSM firm. After a bitter, four-month strike, Hillman was instrumental in convincing the HSM to accept most worker demands, including recognition of newly formed Local 39 of the UGW, and an agreement to settle some future disputes by 424:
The strike began on September 22, 1910, when sixteen women, led by Hannah Shapiro, protested the Hart, Schaffner, Marx firm due to a biased bonus system and a cut in the piece rate. The strike grew rapidly and tremendously by the end of the first week as 2,000 women had joined the effort. The peak of
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From 1880 - 1920, there had been a significant amount of labor strikes as the conditions, treatment, and wages of workers did not equal the amount of time and quality of work the average laborer dedicated. The rise of the garment industry in this time period was particular relevant to women, as by
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showed their capability to unify across ethnic boundaries in response to an industry's low wages, unrealistic production demands, and poor working conditions. The strike began on September 22, led by 17-year old Hannah Shapiro, with sixteen women protesting the establishment of a bonus system that
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The strike claimed five lives. The first was striker Charles Lazinskas, killed by a private detective on December 3, and Frank Nagreckis was shot and killed while picketing on the 15th. Then between December 24 and January 3, eighteen-year-old non-union worker John Donnelly was shot to death by
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the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the garment industry was Chicago's third-largest employer and the single largest employer of women. The 1910 Chicago Garment Workers' Strike was preceded by similar garment labor strikes in different locations, such as the
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the strikers came when the strike was sanctioned by the UGW with 41,000 workers walking off the job. Even though, the UGW supported the strikers, its support was not sufficient as the UGW did not call a
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The Hart, Schaffner & Marx labor agreement : being a compilation and codification of the agreements of 1911, 1913 and 1916 and decisions rendered by the Board of Arbitration
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The strike was partially successful: workers received important support and attention that led to a re-codification of rules that were part of the deal. This deal also led to other
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Codification in 1911 improved standards within the labor workers standards. The emergence of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
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by ÂĽ cent. Eventually up to 41,000 workers walked out at the peak of the strike. The strike was initially supported by the
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but relied upon the workers that did not have contracts and the HSM was able to counter the strikers by providing work to
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and began the careers of strikers Bessie Abramovitz and Sidney Hillman (later to marry) as prominent labor leaders.
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How Did Cross-Class Alliances Shape the 1910 Chicago Garment Workers' Strike?
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in 1913 and 1916. Also, the strike marked the start of what became the
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Wolman, Leo; Wander, Paul; Mack, Eleanor; Herwitz, H. K (1922).
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established and led by women in which diverse workers in the
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demanded high production rates, while also cutting in the
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1910 Chicago Garment Workers' Strike

Chicago, Illinois
United Garment Workers
Hart, Schaffner and Marx
Bessie Abramowitz
Sidney Hillman
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Mill Women
Paterson
Mill Women
New England shoe
North Adams shoe
Skowhegan
New York shirtwaist
Chicago garment
Lawrence
Little Falls
Hopedale
Paterson silk
Ipswich Mills
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
New England
Passaic
New Bedford
Loray Mill
Los Angeles garment
National

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