Episode Details

Clotheshorse all-star Alex of St. Evens is back today to talk about the exciting history of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, also known as the ILGWU. We’ll talk about the history of garment work, how unions changed it, and how our clothes are made today.   We’ll also take some detours to Sex and the City and Costco. And we’ll also talk about why you YES YOU should care about clothing!

Read Alex's Vintage Detective column about the ILGWU at Clotheshorse.world!

Alex's extra credit reading recommendations:
Liberated Threads : Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul by Tanisha C. Ford

Fighting for the Union Label : The Women's Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania by Nicole H. Wolensky, Kenneth C. Wolensky, Robert P. Wolensky

How to Kill a City : Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood by P.E. Moskowitz and Peter Moskowitz

Watch some ILGWU television commercials!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lg4gGk53iY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO7VUklDlQw

Participate in the #UyghurLivesMatter challenge!
★Every day for the next week, tweet at FIVE major global brands each day...or comment on the instagrams of five major brands:  "What are you doing to ensure there is no Uyghur forced labor in your supply chain?” followed by #uyghurlivesmatter.

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