Primary Accounts
These are some primary accounts of people who lived during the Labor Union period.
Here is a quote by Wirt Sikes, "let us slip down these stairs into the basement. This is the workroom. Faugh, how it smells! There is no attempt at ventilation. The room is crowded with girls and women, most of whom are pale and attenuated, and are being robbed of life slowly and surely. "- Wirt Sikes. This real life account of her shows us how the women were treated during the Labor Union Movement. It shows how they are working in an unsanitary place that's crowded, and being robbed of life. Robbed of life in this context mean that the women aren't treated fairly at all and that they are getting weaker because of it.
Here is another quote regarding women's treatment. "There are no dressing rooms for the girls in the shops. They have to hang up their hats and coats - such as they are - on hooks along the walls ". This shows that women back then had no place to change clothes. This proves that they were often ignored while working in the factories and were not treated equally with men.
Here is a quote by Wirt Sikes, "let us slip down these stairs into the basement. This is the workroom. Faugh, how it smells! There is no attempt at ventilation. The room is crowded with girls and women, most of whom are pale and attenuated, and are being robbed of life slowly and surely. "- Wirt Sikes. This real life account of her shows us how the women were treated during the Labor Union Movement. It shows how they are working in an unsanitary place that's crowded, and being robbed of life. Robbed of life in this context mean that the women aren't treated fairly at all and that they are getting weaker because of it.
Here is another quote regarding women's treatment. "There are no dressing rooms for the girls in the shops. They have to hang up their hats and coats - such as they are - on hooks along the walls ". This shows that women back then had no place to change clothes. This proves that they were often ignored while working in the factories and were not treated equally with men.
Women protesting to not work in the Factory and to stress the importance of Unions.