In six pages the infamous fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory is examined in this International Garment Workers Union Overview. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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Triangle Factory Fire is duly noted. Bibliography lists 6 sources SA148ILG.rtf The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was
started in 1900 and represents just one of many unions. The history of unionization in general is vast and encompasses a wide variety of agendas from the safety of workers
to the salaries they command. Above all, the issue of unionization is about class consciousness and class struggles. It is the quintessential fight that Karl Marx was so familiar with
as the division between the haves and the "have nots" endures. And while unions have all but lost their appeal in this post-eighties world that supports entrepreneurship over workers rights
and capitalism over socialist causes, the union is alive and well in 2001. That statement may surprise some but in fact, the ILGWU is one union that has been embraced
by many and continues to enjoy popularity after it merged with another group; the two unions now exist under the acronym UNITE.
The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) first began in 1900 by the convergence of seven local unions ("the International," 2001, p.PG). At around 1900, most of the workers
in the garment industry were Jewish immigrants and attempts at organization had been impeded by clashes with anarchists and socialists (2001). The strife was carried over to the ILGWU, and
in its early years, many members had been sympathetic to a variety of radical movements (2001). Despite the conflicts found, the union
grew quickly in its first years and the depression of 1903, as well as the open-shop campaign launched by the National Association of Manufacturers seemed to wipe out some gains