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Making the Amalgamated
Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Baltimore Clothing Industry, 1899-1939 (Studies in Industry and Society)
by Jo Anne Argersinger
Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 1999 by The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-5989-2, ISBN: 0-8018-5989-1
""A volatile, competitive, and seasonal industry, the making of men's suits has long been characterized by manufacturers who search relentlessly for the cheapest labor pools. Sweatshop labor conditions have been a regular feature of the industry, provoking repeated and explosive investigations and constituting a target for social reform and a major source of union concern. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers from its inception in 1914 has s ..."
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