Vintage Black long International Ladies Garment Workers Union 1955-1963 size 20

Vintage Black long International Ladies Garment Workers Union 1955-1963 size 20 Fits like a Large or XL The International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was one of the largest labor unions in the United States in the 1900s. It represented hundreds of thousands of clothing industry workers, most of them women. Two successful strikes in 1909 and 1910 won power for the union. Members and their allies pushed for new laws to protect organized labor. They gained broad support after the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911. By the 1920s, the ILGWU was a political heavyweight.