Collar Laundry Union
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collar-laundry-union-195-17092860
title:
Collar Laundry Union
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The Collar Laundry Union was the first all-female labor union in the United States. It was started in Troy, New York by Kate Mullany in 1864. At the time, being a laundress was a difficult job. An almost exclusively female occupation, laundresses worked 12 to 14 hours a day for very low pay in very hot buildings. Working conditions were often unsafe, as laundresses used boiling water, strong chemicals, and hot irons. If damage occurred to an article of clothing during the laundering process, the
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Former trade union of the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collar_Laundry_Union
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date modified:
2023-11-18T22:31:58Z
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