Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… production, which was only in its infancy, began to decline and large-scale unemployment followed. As there … the hundreds of garment workers, who had no savings at the back of them, life became unbearable and many literally … enthusiasm, voted unaniÂmously to come out in a general strike. Tactically, the strike may have been an error for, as …