Historically, factory jobs were low paying and grueling. In fact, manufacturing flourished times of economic despair.

By the early 20th century ... employing approximately 40,000 garment workers, many of them immigrants. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located in the top floors of the Asch building in Greenwich ...

Pauline Newman helped advance the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) to become a dominant force in 20th century industrial ... they made on the factory floor.

Working women weren’t a new phenomenon; many British women had been factory workers, teachers, and domestic servants throughout the 19th century, and many more worked within their own homes. But ...

But, in the latter half of the 20th century, a shadowy cabal ... numerous unemployed workers with nowhere to turn but the factory floor. Wealthy whalers quickly transformed themselves into textile ...

But, in the latter half of the 20th century, a shadowy cabal ... numerous unemployed workers with nowhere to turn but the factory floor. Wealthy whalers quickly transformed themselves into textile ...