Title: Women in labor unions - Wikipedia
Headings: Women in labor unions
Women in labor unions
Contents
Early union activity
1860s
1890s
The Women's Trade Union League
Formation
Outreach
Industrial Workers of the World
Garment work in 1909-1913
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
New York shirtwaist strike of 1909
The United Auto Workers
World War II 1939–1945
Activism
Intersectionality
Postwar work 1945–1947
References

Content: 27,000 women joined the ILGWU by 1904, as estimated by The Women's Trade Union League of America. Early women's unions were often in the garment trade, as the industry employed many working women. Women in the garment industry often had to purchase their own thread and needles in order to work, and often were fined for errors in their sewing. New York shirtwaist strike of 1909
Clara Lemlich
In New York City working women employed by three major shirtwaist companies (the Leiserson Company, the Rosen Company, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Company) went to the Women's Trade Union League of America (WTUL) in 1909 to gain support in their strikes. Mary Dreier and hundreds of other women, were arrested while picketing. On November 23, 1909, Clara Lemlich 's speech inspired the largest women's strike up to that point, which took place among primarily Jewish waist makers on the following day. The strike led more than 20,000 workers to walk out 500 shops in New York City. 10,000 women went back to work by November 27th,1909, after the smaller manufacturers agreed to the wages proposed by the unions. Larger manufacturers did not comply, forcing the strike to lead into December, and eventually spread to Philadelphia. During these months violence increased on picket lines;