The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand

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historical event labor strike women’s strike

The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand was a massive 1909–1910 strike by mostly Jewish women garment workers in New York City that became a landmark event in U.S. labor and feminist history.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ labor strike ⓘ women’s strike ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Revolt of the Twenty Thousand NERFINISHED ⓘ Uprising of the 20,000 NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	lack of union recognition ⓘ long working hours ⓘ low wages for garment workers ⓘ poor working conditions in garment factories ⓘ sweatshop conditions ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demand	collective bargaining agreements ⓘ higher wages ⓘ improved working conditions ⓘ shorter working hours ⓘ union recognition ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic	predominantly Jewish workers ⓘ predominantly young immigrant women ⓘ
endDate	1910-02-15 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	landmark in U.S. feminist history ⓘ landmark in U.S. labor history ⓘ major event in the history of Jewish American labor activism ⓘ
industry	garment industry ⓘ
languageOfManyParticipants	Yiddish ⓘ
location	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York garment district NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainParticipants	International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish women garment workers ⓘ Local 25 of the ILGWU NERFINISHED ⓘ New York shirtwaist manufacturers ⓘ shirtwaist makers ⓘ
notableLeader	Clara Lemlich NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSupporter	Meyer London NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauline Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Schneiderman NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfStrikers	approximately 20,000 ⓘ
opposedBy	New York City police NERFINISHED ⓘ garment manufacturers ⓘ private strikebreakers ⓘ
organizer	International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Local 25 of the ILGWU NERFINISHED ⓘ
preceded	the 1910 cloakmakers’ strike in New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	collective bargaining agreements with many shirtwaist factories ⓘ heightened public awareness of sweatshop conditions ⓘ improved wages for many garment workers ⓘ increased visibility of women workers in the labor movement ⓘ partial recognition of the ILGWU ⓘ reduced working hours in unionized shops ⓘ strengthening of the ILGWU ⓘ
startDate	1909-11-22 ⓘ
supportedBy	Women’s Trade Union League NERFINISHED ⓘ middle-class women reformers ⓘ settlement house workers ⓘ suffrage activists ⓘ
triggeredBy	strike at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1909 ⓘ
typeOfAction	general strike in the shirtwaist industry ⓘ mass walkout ⓘ

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Uprising of the 20,000 → alsoKnownAs → The Uprising of the Twenty Thousand ⓘ