International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ILGWU
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:AFL–CIO
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:countryOfPublication gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Yiddish
English
gptkbp:dissolved 1995
gptkbp:founded 1900
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
gptkbp:membership over 450,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Union_of_Needletrades,_Industrial_and_Textile_Employees
gptkbp:notable_campaign Look for the Union Label
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Bessie_Abramowitz_Hillman
gptkb:Mollie_Lieber_West
gptkb:Pauline_Newman
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:1913_New_York_Garment_Workers_Strike
gptkb:Baltimore_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1913
gptkb:Boston_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1919
gptkb:Buffalo_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1915
gptkb:Chicago_Garment_Workers'_Strike_of_1910
gptkb:Cincinnati_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1919
gptkb:Cleveland_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1911
gptkb:Denver_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1918
gptkb:Detroit_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1915
gptkb:Kansas_City_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1917
gptkb:Los_Angeles_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1933
gptkb:Milwaukee_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1919
gptkb:Minneapolis_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1917
gptkb:Montreal_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1912
gptkb:Newark_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1913
gptkb:Philadelphia_general_strike_of_1909
gptkb:Pittsburgh_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1916
gptkb:Providence_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1914
gptkb:Rochester_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1913
gptkb:San_Francisco_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1916
gptkb:St._Louis_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1918
gptkb:Toronto_Garment_Workers_Strike_of_1912
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:ILGWU_Building,_New_York_City
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Uprising_of_the_20,000
gptkb:Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
gptkb:1910_New_York_shirtwaist_strike
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Clara_Lemlich
gptkb:David_Dubinsky
gptkb:Rose_Schneiderman
gptkb:Fania_Cohn
gptkb:Julie_Kushner
gptkb:Sol_Chaikin
gptkbp:notablePublication Justice
gptkbp:represented_workers women garment workers
gptkbp:representsIndustry garment industry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:David_Dubinsky
gptkb:Uprising_of_the_20,000
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5