Waitresses at Woolworth's staged an eight-day
sitdown strike in 1937,singing, dancing,
exercising, doing each others hair and nails
until finally management recognized their union
and gave them a five-cent per hour pay hike.
sitdown strike in 1937,singing, dancing,
exercising, doing each others hair and nails
until finally management recognized their union
and gave them a five-cent per hour pay hike.
1 comment:
And thus birthed the phrase, "You go, girl!" Love that photo.
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