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Led by Clara Lemlich and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and supported by the National Women's Trade Union League of America (NWTUL), the strike began in November 1909. In February 1910, the NWTUL settled with the factory owners, gaining improved wages, working conditions, and hours.
Clara Lemlich Shavelson (March 28, 1886 – July 12, 1982) was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909, where she spoke in Yiddish and called for action. [1]
The union also became more involved in electoral politics, in part as a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911, in which 146 shirtwaist makers (most of them young immigrant women) either died in the fire [14] that broke out on the eighth floor of the factory, or jumped to their deaths. Many of these workers were unable ...
That lapse would come back to haunt the union on March 25, 1911, when the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City killed 146 workers, mostly immigrant Jewish and Italian women." [10] Sarah Berman had just moved from Philadelphia to New York and became profoundly influenced by the strong minded Lemlich's leadership.
He was the son of Clara Lemlich Shavelson and changed his name to Velson by 1938. Velson worked as a machinist at the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1931 to 1938. According to Congressional investigators, Velson worked closely with J. Peters , head of the CPUSA's secret apparatus, and supported Cpl. Robert Osman in espionage activities on behalf of ...
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Clara Lemlich 1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies: Rachel Heller TV film Mauvais Genre: Lucie Le Silence de Rak: Lucie Six Ways to Sunday: Iris The Other Also: Short film La fiancée: La fiancée Short film 1998 Sombre: Claire The Wisdom of Crocodiles: Anne Levels 2000 Why Get Married the Day the World Ends? The Wake: The Mother Eight-hour ...
No leg of the triangle should be less than 1.2 m (4 ft) or more than 2.7 m (9 ft). The sum of all three sides of the triangle should be between 4–8 m (13–26 ft). Cabinets or other obstacles should not intersect any leg of the triangle by more than 30 cm (12 in). If possible, there should be no major traffic flow through the triangle.