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garment-worker — noun a person who makes garments • Syn: ↑garmentmaker, ↑garment worker • Hypernyms: ↑needleworker • Hyponyms: ↑cloakmaker, ↑furrier, ↑dressmaker … Useful english dictionary
Worker cooperative — A worker coperative is a cooperative owned and democratically controlled by its employees. There are no outside or consumer owners in a worker coperative only the workers own shares of the business.Definition of worker cooperativeThere are many… … Wikipedia
worker — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ good, hard, willing ▪ productive ▪ fast, quick ▪ methodical, steady … Collocations dictionary
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union — The International Ladies Garment Workers Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s. The… … Wikipedia
Interfaith Worker Justice — (IWJ) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan religious organization that educates and mobilizes the religious people of all faiths in the United States on issues important to working people.IWJ is governed by a 40 member board of directors. The president of … Wikipedia
INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION — (ILGWU), U.S. trade union that represented hundreds of thousands of apparel industry workers over the course of the 20th century. Founded by 11 male Jewish tailors on June 3, 1900, the ILGWU relied on a largely female rank and file membership for … Encyclopedia of Judaism
American Apparel — Infobox Company company name = American Apparel, Inc. company company type = Public (amex|APP) foundation = Los Angeles, California location = Los Angeles, California key people = Dov Charney, President and CEO Marty Bailey, President of… … Wikipedia
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Anne Loughlin — Dame Anne Loughlin, DBE (born 28 June 1894, Leeds) is a labor activist and organiser.Her father, Thomas, was a boot and shoe operative of Irish descentFact|date=May 2008. When Anne was twelve her mother died and she had to care for her four… … Wikipedia
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 — Two women strikers picketing during the shirtwaist strike of 1909 … Wikipedia
