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Labor at the Crossroads Fifty Two Hour Week Awakens Garment Industry
A 1950s overview recalls McClellan's Senate inquiry into labor and management relations. It details the era's brutal working conditions in New York dress shops, where teens and children toiled long hours for meager wages, and fires with locked doors caused mass fatalities. The piece notes unions' growth, funds, and new powers, plus industry-wide shifts in organization and welfare programs funded by employers.
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Washington
John L. McCrelan
Senate Committee
Ino
New York
Harpers Magazine
Rosey Safran
Molly Maguires
Pennsylania
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Arnold Rothstein
McClellan