• The Irish Shoe and Leather Workers' Union (ISLWU) was a trade union representing workers involved in shoemaking in Ireland. The union was founded on 1...
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  • International Shoe and Leather Workers' Federation. These organizations were preceded by much older ones: the International Glove Workers' Union was founded...
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    The Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) was a trade union representing workers, initially mainly labourers, in Ireland. The union was founded...
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  • Federation of Boot and Shoe Operatives and Leather Workers was a global union federation representing unions of shoemakers and leather workers, principally...
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    string soles and occasionally thin wooden soles. Subsequently, more elaborate upper designs were created by saddlers and leather workers. The modern huarache...
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  • Republic of Ireland left in 1953, to form the Irish Shoe and Leather Workers' Union. A major decline in the British shoe-making industry led the union to merge...
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  • Organisation Irish National Union of Painters and Decorators Irish Post Office Workers' Union Irish Transport and General Workers' Union Irish Union of Distributive...
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    Douglas' workers were members of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, which in 1899 sharply raised its dues in order to finance improved benefits and welfare...
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  • of Leather Workers, the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, and the National Union of Glovers and Leather Workers, to form the National Union of...
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    Footwear (redirect from Flats (shoe))
    Surgical shoe Pointe shoes Swimfins (flippers) Abarka, of leather, from Pyrenees Areni-1 shoe, 5,500-year-old leather shoe found in Armenia Bast shoe, of bast...
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    Shoe-throwing showing the sole of one's shoe or using shoes to insult are forms of protest in many parts of the world. Shoe-throwing as an insult dates...
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  • of Leather, Shoe, Fur and Leather Products and of Textile and Clothing Workers merged to form the Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur...
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    Their shoes were a radical departure from traditional leather cricket boots which had remained basically unchanged for decades, being lighter and more...
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    Slovaks, and Lithuanians were replacing English, German, and Bohemian workers. Instead of complex machinery. that required skilled workers, simplification...
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    American Federation of Labor (category Defunct trade unions in the United States)
    where unions such as the Pipefitters, Machinists and Iron Workers joined through local metal workers' councils to represent a diverse group of workers. The...
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    donkey jacket came with leather shoulder patches to prevent wear when shouldering a spade or pick. Mill workers in Yorkshire and Lancashire wore a variant...
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    Fur clothing (category Clothing and the environment)
    of fashion. Protests also include objections to the use of leather in clothing, shoes and accessories. Some animal rights activists have disrupted fur...
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    H&M (redirect from H and M)
    Bangladesh's garment workers. SumOfUs alleged that "H&M is drastically behind schedule in fixing the safety hazards its workers have to face every day...
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    empty pocket turned inside out, "Hoover leather" was cardboard used to line a shoe when the sole wore through, and a "Hoover wagon" was an automobile with...
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    publication. March 20 The Grover Shoe Factory disaster kills 58 employees in Brockton, Massachusetts, when a boiler explodes and the factory building collapses...
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  • National Union of Journalists remains a TUC member. Of the unions in this section, the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union and the Union of Shop, Distributive...
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    Redstone Building (category Industrial Workers of the World in California)
    building’s history and many uses" and are "commemorating key labor actions like the (1934) strike and picket by the Chinese Garment Workers Union and the formation...
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    tatters reveals his arms and parts of his back; a leather suspender holds up what is left of his trousers, and his mud caked leather boots show gaping holes...
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    blue-collar workers launched industrial action to support a 38-hour week. His biggest showdown with unions came in February 1985 when electrical workers, opposing...
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    factories for better safety and comfort. Over time, specific designs tailored to the practical needs of female industrial workers were developed by other...
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    Poncho (category Robes and cloaks)
    expedient shelter. These garments are also used by hunters, campers, and rescue workers. During World War II, the German Army (Wehrmacht) issued the Zeltbahn...
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    Black cat (category Industrial Workers of the World culture)
    2025-02-22. Retrieved 2022-08-17. "IWW Union Dictionary and Glossary". Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World. 2005-05-01. Archived from...
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    Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and leather clothing using bone, antler or ivory sewing-needles and "thread" made of various animal...
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  • Greenshirts were a wing of the Irish National Corporate Party The Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party The Brazilian Integralist...
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    description of the clog in Wales includes a leather upper and dates back to the industrial revolution. These are hardy shoes that can last up to 7 years for an...
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