Memory in Cloth
Safety and Solidarity for New York City Garment Workers
1980s. Photograph by George Colon, courtesy of Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation, Cornell University.
Immigrant rights and union solidarity are on display as ILGWU members wearing “union label” skirts march in a Labor Day parade carrying a banner proclaiming “We’re Proud Naturalized U.S. Citizens and Voters.” The union designed and distributed union label fabric for members to sew skirts, jackets and other products to promote union campaigns and labor rights.