Federation of Woolen and Worsted Workers of America

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.

This scrapbook documents the Textile Workers Union and their work between 1937 and 1942. Important strike updates, provided by local publications like the Eagle Tribune and the Boston Traveler, are included in this scrapbook. Textile workers fought for consistent eight-hour work days, time and a half pay on Saturdays, and paid vacation and holiday time to spend with their families. This scrapbook importantly documents the slow progress of union strikes during the time, pointing out that only in 1942– five years in the making– did American Woolen workers receive paid vacation time and a nine-cent raise compared to their income in 1937.