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Celebrating Our Roots: Panel Discussion Honoring the 40th Anniversary of the 1982 Chinatown Garment Workers’ Strike

Buell Hall, Columbia University

The Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University will hold a panel discussion called "Celebrating Our Roots," which will have special musical performances to commemorate the… Read More »Celebrating Our Roots: Panel Discussion Honoring the 40th Anniversary of the 1982 Chinatown Garment Workers’ Strike

Pay Your Workers Rally

Adidas Flagship 565 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, NYC During the pandemic, brands stole millions in unpaid wages, benefits and severance from garment workers. Corporations exploited the pandemic to undermine labor rights… Read More »Pay Your Workers Rally

Songs to Leave You in Stitches: The Story of the ILGWU’s Musical “Pins & Needles”

Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance Cornell University 220 Lincoln Hall, Ithaca, New York

Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union produced the hit musical Pins and Needles, which ran on Broadway from 1937-1940. For the topical… Read More »Songs to Leave You in Stitches: The Story of the ILGWU’s Musical “Pins & Needles”