Power from the Past

Memory Work Research Initiative

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union rally protesting textile imports in Los Angeles, Calif., 1972

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Black and white image appears as a negative, with perforated strips on top and bottom. It depicts a group of workers in an alley outside a garment factory with a visible marquee reading "Dresses." The workers carry signs reading "IBEW joins ILGWU to Keep Americans Working" and "Stop Exporting Jobs". Mariachi musicians play trumpets and violins for the crowd from a stage.