The Union Label and the Needle Trades: Records of the United Garment Workers of America (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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This collection consists of the records of the United Garment Workers of America from 1893-1994. The Time and Motion Studies series (Series I) is made up of time study/ time and motion research files for the garment industry, as well as files relating to industry research and information from the first half of the twentieth century. Selections from Series III include UGWA's General Executive Committee Meetings. Selections from Series VIII include the card files which comprises information on various plants and union locals. These are in alphabetical order by city and contain information about the locals, manufacturers, wages, garments, and efforts to organize locals in those cities.


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