Marginalized communities in Los Angeles have led radical movements to fight for social and economic justice. Join Gallery Interpreter Diana Sanchez to learn about the story of the 1933 garment workers’ fight for these rights.
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Garment Workers Image and Audio Attributions:
Members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union on strike gather in a meeting hall, March 15, 1958. -Kheel Center
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Women sewing at long tables next to tall windows in a garment factory. -Kheel Center
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Striking dressmakers take a break in a diner. -Kheel Center, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
A May Day meeting held at Trinity Auditorium in Los Angeles. One banner reads, "Make Los Angeles a Union Town!" -Kheel Center
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Women pressers on strike for higher wages -Kheel Center
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Women model clothing on an ILGWU parade float. -Kheel Center www.flickr.com/photos/kheelce...
General Strike Handbills -National Archive at Riverside, California, Records of the National Labor Relations Board
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Garment workers rally in front of a Ross store Oct. 25, 2016. -Los Angeles Times
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