ILGWU

For several years prior to the fire, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union ILGWU had tried unsuccessfully to implement regulations at Triangle.

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

For several years prior to the fire, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union ILGWU had tried unsuccessfully to implement regulations at Triangle.

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

With all the talk abut union-busting and collective bargaining in the controversy over public employee unions, those union ladies of the ILGWU came to mind when I was looking for some socks the other day -- even though socks weren't mentioned in the song.

Kenneth C. Davis: Socks, Shirtwaists and Saving the Union Kenneth C. Davis 2011

For several years prior to the fire, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union ILGWU had tried unsuccessfully to implement regulations at Triangle.

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

Seeing these earnest women, thinking of them at their sewing machines, made some of us race to the closet and check our clothes for that ILGWU imprimatur.

Kenneth C. Davis: Socks, Shirtwaists and Saving the Union Kenneth C. Davis 2011

The tragedy helped galvanize the trade union movement and especially the ILGWU.

Kenneth C. Davis: Socks, Shirtwaists and Saving the Union Kenneth C. Davis 2011

Though the owners were found not guilty when brought to trial, the public outrage increased and politicians--including those in Tammany Hall--finally realized that they needed to work with the fledgling ILGWU to enact legislation to improve safety conditions and wages for garment workers.

Kate Kelly: New Documentary on Triangle Fire to Air Tonight on HBO Kate Kelly 2011

Betsy Ross never joined the ILGWU, so whatever she produced would have been boycotted.

Old Heroes Wouldn't Pass Muster Now 2011

We used to have sweat shops in this country until unions like the ILGWU fought to put an end to such working conditions.

CNN Radio: Politics of immigration 2010

For several years prior to the fire, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union ILGWU had tried unsuccessfully to implement regulations at Triangle.

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011