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Article about textile industry strikes in the Philadelphia region

A union label with the insignia of the American Federation of Labor on it.

Ball Committee of Local 139, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America at the Broadwood Hotel in 1937

A caption under the photo reads: "Striking at the Bromley mill here seems more like a picnic. Smiling textile workers are shown surrounding the plant head, John Bromley, with pipe in hand.

Textile workers struck at the Concordia Mill at Allegheny and Boudlnot Sts in September 1934.

The Ball Committee for the Finishers and Buttonhole Makers of the Local 156 branch of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America has their first annual dance at the Broadwood Hotel in 1936.

This newspaper article details a new agreement between the hatter union and the Stetson company for an increased pension for workers over 65.

An accompanying news article from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin:
Thirty-eight men workers at the King Kard Overall Company at 807 Filbert St are on a sitdown strike in protest against employment of a girl for what they consider a man's job, a…

Image from title page of "You and Your Union," ILGWU Education Department. The page promotes the importance of knowledge in the struggle for workers rights.

Committee of the 2nd annual Ball given by Local 139 of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America at the Broadwood Hotel in 1936.