With These Hands

Duration: 35

Year Published: 1950

Creator: Promotional Films Company

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the depressed working and living conditions of a garment factory worker before his union was established. Depicts the rise of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1910, following a tragic fire in which all employees perished. Shows the workers gaining collective bargaining rights, better working conditions, and an improved standard of living and establishing a retirement and medical program in their powerful and efficient organization.

Complete Record: Shows the depressed working and living conditions of a garment factory worker before his union was established. Depicts the rise of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1910, following a tragic fire in which all employees perished. Shows the workers gaining collective bargaining rights, better working conditions, and an improved standard of living and establishing a retirement and medical program in their powerful and efficient organization., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.