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GARMENT MAKERS' ASSEMBLY OF DUBUQUE. Nearly three hundred women employed as garment workers in Dubuque met on April 16, 1894 to form a union. Most of these were employed by the [[H. B. GLOVER COMPANY]] on which a strike | GARMENT MAKERS' ASSEMBLY OF DUBUQUE. Nearly three hundred women employed as garment workers in Dubuque met on April 16, 1894 to form a union. Most of these were employed by the [[H. B. GLOVER COMPANY]] on which a strike had been held for several days. The local organization was a branch of the National Assembly 231 of the Garment Makers' Order of the Knights of Labor of North America. | ||
A relief committee was established to help those in great need. M. J. Mulgrew said he would be willing to help out anyone who would apply to him. | A relief committee was established to help those in great need. M. J. Mulgrew said he would be willing to help out anyone who would apply to him. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:22, 26 November 2019
GARMENT MAKERS' ASSEMBLY OF DUBUQUE. Nearly three hundred women employed as garment workers in Dubuque met on April 16, 1894 to form a union. Most of these were employed by the H. B. GLOVER COMPANY on which a strike had been held for several days. The local organization was a branch of the National Assembly 231 of the Garment Makers' Order of the Knights of Labor of North America.
A relief committee was established to help those in great need. M. J. Mulgrew said he would be willing to help out anyone who would apply to him.
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1. "The Girls Organize," Dubuque Daily Herald, April 17, 1894, p. 4