King Kard Overall Company Strike
Title
King Kard Overall Company Strike
Description
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 company official said.
An official of the United Garment Workers, Local 261, AFL, [illegible] the strike late yesterday, said it is because the men could not obtain a closed shop.
Joseph Greenburg, a company official, said the firm has supplied the sit-downers with chairs and newspapers and will furnish raincoats if it rains. Eighty girl workers remained at their jobs on other tasks.
"The employers have been working on a raincoat contract for the U.S. Government," said Greenberg. "The strike holds up the work at a serious time.'
The strikers, Greenberg said, make $53 for a 40-hour week.
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 company official said.
An official of the United Garment Workers, Local 261, AFL, [illegible] the strike late yesterday, said it is because the men could not obtain a closed shop.
Joseph Greenburg, a company official, said the firm has supplied the sit-downers with chairs and newspapers and will furnish raincoats if it rains. Eighty girl workers remained at their jobs on other tasks.
"The employers have been working on a raincoat contract for the U.S. Government," said Greenberg. "The strike holds up the work at a serious time.'
The strikers, Greenberg said, make $53 for a 40-hour week.
Creator
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Source
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Date
September 13, 1938
Contributor
Kate MacDonald
Rights
Courtesy of Temple University Libraries
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Citation
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, “King Kard Overall Company Strike,” Philly Immigration, accessed July 27, 2024, http://phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/628.