{"id":83,"date":"2023-08-03T19:10:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T19:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/?post_type=banners&#038;p=83"},"modified":"2023-11-13T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:45:34","slug":"journeymen-tailors-union-of-america","status":"publish","type":"banners","link":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/banners\/journeymen-tailors-union-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Banner, Journeymen Tailors Union of America, ACWA Local 132"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Early 20th century, embroidery on sateen, metal wound fringe and trim<br>Donation of the UNITE Ontario Council<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garment workers\u2019 banners were intended to exhibit the skill of a unionized workforce. This banner representing the Journeymen Tailors Union of America (JTUA) is a perfect example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the first significant steps towards garment workers organizing in the 19th century involved the formation of the craft-based Journeymen Tailors Union (JTU). Union locals were typically small, as most tailors in the late 19th and early 20th centuries remained outside of the union movement.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1903, less than 18% of the estimated 900 garment workers in Toronto were members of JTU, and only a tiny number of them were women. The JTU worked to abolish sweatshop conditions, and maintain union shops. In 1914, the JTU became the Journeymen Tailors Union of America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Early 20th century, embroidery on sateen, metal wound fringe and trim","protected":false},"featured_media":101,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/banners\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/banners"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/banners"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-together-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}