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Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters

As director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, she fought for better working wages and conditions while wresting control from the mob.

Steven Greenhouse
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Factories and Manufacturing, Fashion and Apparel, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Matheson, Min (1909-92), Organized Crime, Organized Labor, Pennsylvania, Strikes, Wages and Salaries
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