When I was young, ILGWU was big in NYC. In college, I had a part-time job helping a professor who was researching unions in New York and saw some people in the factories. Let me tell you, no supervisor was a woman, and I'm sure that was true in ILGWU as well.
November 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
When I was young, ILGWU was big in NYC. In college, I had a part-time job helping a professor who was researching unions in New York and saw some people in the factories. Let me tell you, no supervisor was a woman, and I'm sure that was true in ILGWU as well.
In my life, I don't think I've ever encountered someone who worked with ILGWU. Maaybe when I hung out at a Worker's Center in Chinatown.
It seems like you're pointing 👉🏻 to a Pink Collar Ghetto.
In any event, ILGWU couldn't get you into Local 3 (electricians) or IATSE Local One (stagehands).
It seems like you're pointing 👉🏻 to a Pink Collar Ghetto.
In any event, ILGWU couldn't get you into Local 3 (electricians) or IATSE Local One (stagehands).
November 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
In my life, I don't think I've ever encountered someone who worked with ILGWU. Maaybe when I hung out at a Worker's Center in Chinatown.
It seems like you're pointing 👉🏻 to a Pink Collar Ghetto.
In any event, ILGWU couldn't get you into Local 3 (electricians) or IATSE Local One (stagehands).
It seems like you're pointing 👉🏻 to a Pink Collar Ghetto.
In any event, ILGWU couldn't get you into Local 3 (electricians) or IATSE Local One (stagehands).
Indeed, as in Union Women labor across shops, facilities & Corp umbrellas.🌂 🌧
As the old lyrical song, sung by the ILGWU 1978 ! Go Blue
Unlike, lessons not learned by the Steel & Teamster who went, GOP Red as majorities lost . No GPS of the late big Ed Schultz, 🛰 who passed .
🎬 "Norma Rae," Yeah
As the old lyrical song, sung by the ILGWU 1978 ! Go Blue
Unlike, lessons not learned by the Steel & Teamster who went, GOP Red as majorities lost . No GPS of the late big Ed Schultz, 🛰 who passed .
🎬 "Norma Rae," Yeah
November 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Indeed, as in Union Women labor across shops, facilities & Corp umbrellas.🌂 🌧
As the old lyrical song, sung by the ILGWU 1978 ! Go Blue
Unlike, lessons not learned by the Steel & Teamster who went, GOP Red as majorities lost . No GPS of the late big Ed Schultz, 🛰 who passed .
🎬 "Norma Rae," Yeah
As the old lyrical song, sung by the ILGWU 1978 ! Go Blue
Unlike, lessons not learned by the Steel & Teamster who went, GOP Red as majorities lost . No GPS of the late big Ed Schultz, 🛰 who passed .
🎬 "Norma Rae," Yeah
The first Labor Day celebration took place in NYC in September 1882, drawing 20,000+ spectators to its historic inaugural parade.
This image captures the tradition in 1960.
📷 Labor Day Parade, 1960. John Albok Photograph Collection
Story/Images by The New York Historical
This image captures the tradition in 1960.
📷 Labor Day Parade, 1960. John Albok Photograph Collection
Story/Images by The New York Historical
November 3, 2026 at 12:06 AM
The first Labor Day celebration took place in NYC in September 1882, drawing 20,000+ spectators to its historic inaugural parade.
This image captures the tradition in 1960.
📷 Labor Day Parade, 1960. John Albok Photograph Collection
Story/Images by The New York Historical
This image captures the tradition in 1960.
📷 Labor Day Parade, 1960. John Albok Photograph Collection
Story/Images by The New York Historical
The Coalition for Reproductive Equality in the Workplace, led by Betty Friedan, worked with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), many other unions, and Planned Parenthood in support of the California law.
October 31, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The Coalition for Reproductive Equality in the Workplace, led by Betty Friedan, worked with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), many other unions, and Planned Parenthood in support of the California law.
Or knowingly. Not too few ILGWU retirees down there, circa the year 2000.
October 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Or knowingly. Not too few ILGWU retirees down there, circa the year 2000.
Now I can't get this song out of my head...
Look for the Union Label 1978 ILGWU ad
YouTube video by robatsea2009
youtu.be
October 27, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Now I can't get this song out of my head...
Trying to process the incredible levels of hate currently on display in my country.
Finding peace in fixing a very old ILGWU(US garment union) coat and gaming like I haven't gamed in months, if not years.
Lucky that I'm still allowed peace at all.
Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, this timeline.
Finding peace in fixing a very old ILGWU(US garment union) coat and gaming like I haven't gamed in months, if not years.
Lucky that I'm still allowed peace at all.
Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, this timeline.
October 24, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Trying to process the incredible levels of hate currently on display in my country.
Finding peace in fixing a very old ILGWU(US garment union) coat and gaming like I haven't gamed in months, if not years.
Lucky that I'm still allowed peace at all.
Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, this timeline.
Finding peace in fixing a very old ILGWU(US garment union) coat and gaming like I haven't gamed in months, if not years.
Lucky that I'm still allowed peace at all.
Fuck, and I can't stress this enough, this timeline.
Several West Indian and Puerto Rican family members and family friends worked in the NY Garment District and were ILGWU members.
Grew up on the commercial!
youtu.be/7Lg4gGk53iY?...
Grew up on the commercial!
youtu.be/7Lg4gGk53iY?...
Look for the Union Label 1978 ILGWU ad
YouTube video by robatsea2009
youtu.be
October 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Several West Indian and Puerto Rican family members and family friends worked in the NY Garment District and were ILGWU members.
Grew up on the commercial!
youtu.be/7Lg4gGk53iY?...
Grew up on the commercial!
youtu.be/7Lg4gGk53iY?...
🎯My grandfather was an ILGWU shop steward. Militants like him helped build the middle class in the mid-20th Century.
An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).
October 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
🎯My grandfather was an ILGWU shop steward. Militants like him helped build the middle class in the mid-20th Century.
my grandpa was a cutter and member of ILGWU.
October 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
my grandpa was a cutter and member of ILGWU.
My mom spent her entire life, from age 13, an immigrant from Ukraine, working in an ILGWU shop until she retired at age 65.
October 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
My mom spent her entire life, from age 13, an immigrant from Ukraine, working in an ILGWU shop until she retired at age 65.
Once the only time I didn’t see that “ILGWU” label was when it was my grandmother’s own specially made label in something she sewed.
October 22, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Once the only time I didn’t see that “ILGWU” label was when it was my grandmother’s own specially made label in something she sewed.
My mom was a dressmaker and a ILGWU member. I’d get proud when I would hear the jingle as a girl.
October 22, 2026 at 10:06 AM
My mom was a dressmaker and a ILGWU member. I’d get proud when I would hear the jingle as a girl.
The collapse of ILGWU (which happened for a variety of reasons), and the remains joining UNITE-HERE is a very important object lesson that racially and ethnically diverse unions with r+f member power are strong unions that can win strong contracts.
An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).
October 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The collapse of ILGWU (which happened for a variety of reasons), and the remains joining UNITE-HERE is a very important object lesson that racially and ethnically diverse unions with r+f member power are strong unions that can win strong contracts.
It makes me so happy to find vintage clothes with an ILGWU label in them
An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).
October 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It makes me so happy to find vintage clothes with an ILGWU label in them
I remember the ILGWU ads on TV in NY with their catchy jingle
October 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I remember the ILGWU ads on TV in NY with their catchy jingle
I was a member of ILGWU as a much younger woman. That is until the 80s when Reagan drove unions out and jobs in NH in went overseas or down south. There are a few movies that show why it was formed. A lot of young women and kids died in fires.
October 22, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I was a member of ILGWU as a much younger woman. That is until the 80s when Reagan drove unions out and jobs in NH in went overseas or down south. There are a few movies that show why it was formed. A lot of young women and kids died in fires.
Mine too.
ILGWU had a retirement home in downtown Philadelphia (probably other places too). My friend's aunt lived there
ILGWU had a retirement home in downtown Philadelphia (probably other places too). My friend's aunt lived there
October 22, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Mine too.
ILGWU had a retirement home in downtown Philadelphia (probably other places too). My friend's aunt lived there
ILGWU had a retirement home in downtown Philadelphia (probably other places too). My friend's aunt lived there
ILGWU began organizing super-exploited needleworkers in Puerto Rico in 1930s, but soon gave it up as impossible. Puerto Ricans in NYC joined ILGWU and clawed their way into shop steward positions.
An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).
October 22, 2026 at 12:12 PM
ILGWU began organizing super-exploited needleworkers in Puerto Rico in 1930s, but soon gave it up as impossible. Puerto Ricans in NYC joined ILGWU and clawed their way into shop steward positions.
One of my favorite dresses is an ILGWU-made dress from the 1980's, which I purchased for a dollar at a thrift store. It retailed for approximately $60-80 dollars in 2026 money when it was new.
Most Americans are deeply allergic to paying higher amounts of money for clothes.
Most Americans are deeply allergic to paying higher amounts of money for clothes.
If we want to rebuild a non theatrical/movie/TV union garment industry in the US, we will 1. Need a similar propaganda bonanza to make paying more money for clothing salient to the public and 2. We will need a lot of college educated white people to train in sewing.
October 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM
One of my favorite dresses is an ILGWU-made dress from the 1980's, which I purchased for a dollar at a thrift store. It retailed for approximately $60-80 dollars in 2026 money when it was new.
Most Americans are deeply allergic to paying higher amounts of money for clothes.
Most Americans are deeply allergic to paying higher amounts of money for clothes.
An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).
October 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM