标题 | Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York Chinatown |
出版物类型 | 期刊文章 |
出版物年份 | 2013 |
作者 | Quan, K. |
期刊 | Global Identities, Local Voices: Amerasia Journal at 40 Years |
Volume | 2 |
关键词 | Chinatown, garment workers, negotiation, New York, strike |
Abstract | [Excerpt] In June 1982, more than 20,000 immigrant women garment workers went on strike in New York Chinatown to demand a good contract. Their employers demanded deep cutbacks in wages and benefits, and threatened to withdraw from the union altogether if their demands weren’t met. However at the sight of thousands of immigrant women workers marching through the streets of Chinatown, the employers quickly withdrew their demands, and within hours the workers and their union had won the strike. |