This episode emphasizes connections between the clothes we wear and the people who make them. Sydney and Jadyn discuss their work in the Southern Labor Archives, taking a look at the lives of garment workers in the 1930s, and connect their stories to the lives of garment workers today. They address globalization, consumerism, and the role of labor unions in combating the exploitation of garment workers past and present.
Cover Photo: "African American woman working in a textile plant, Tennessee, circa late 1970s." L1992_11_91, Box 14, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Memphis-Jackson Joint Board records, L1992-11, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta. https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/labor/id/4245/rec/6. Accessed 11 December 2024.
