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1909 Garment Workers' Strike
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1909_Garment_Workers'_Strike
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Uprising_of_the_20,000
gptkbp:cause
low wages
poor working conditions
long hours
gptkbp:endDate
February 1910
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1909 Garment Workers' Strike
gptkbp:industry
garment industry
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:1910_Chicago_Garment_Workers'_Strike
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire reforms
gptkbp:location
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notableSupporter
gptkb:Anne_Morgan
gptkb:Women's_Trade_Union_League
gptkb:Alva_Belmont
gptkb:Rose_Schneiderman
gptkbp:numberOfStrikers
over 20,000
gptkbp:participants
gptkb:Clara_Lemlich
gptkb:International_Ladies'_Garment_Workers'_Union
gptkb:Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_workers
female garment workers
gptkbp:precededBy
smaller strikes in 1908
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:suffragist
gptkb:trade_unionist
progressive era reforms
sweatshop labor
gptkbp:result
improved wages for some workers
union recognition in some shops
increased labor activism
gptkbp:significance
largest strike by women workers in US at the time
gptkbp:startDate
November 1909
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Women's_Trade_Union_League_of_Chicago
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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