| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 90.1

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Book Review

Fighting for the Union Label: The Women's Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania. By Kenneth C. Wolensky, Nicole H. Wolensky, and Robert P. Wolensky. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002. xii, 275 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-271-02167-5. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-271-02168-3.)

The history of garment workers might be a well-worn topic, yet we still know relatively little about the postwar period and next to nothing outside of a few key cities. This is what makes Fighting for the Union Label so important. It is a history of garment workers in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley from the 1930s up till the 1990s.	1
The Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania was the heart of anthracite coal country. By the 1930s coal was a dying industry, and garment shops were moving in. With cheap non-union labor available, the valley became an attractive alternative to New York City for garment manufacturers.	. . .

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