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

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

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.

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…

This newspaper article announces the end of a hosiery strike in 1936.

The picture is of a poster promoting the ACWA's general strike of 1919. The poster is in Hebrew, English and a few other languages.

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.

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

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

Article about textile industry strikes in the Philadelphia region