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The New York Times crossword is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times, syndicated to more than 300 other newspapers and journals, and released online on the newspaper's website and mobile apps as part of The New York Times Games. [1][2][3][4][5] The puzzle is created by various freelance constructors and has ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
The International Association of Cleaning and Dye House Workers (CDHW) was a labor union representing workers in laundries and the dyeing industry in the United States. The union was founded and chartered by the American Federation of Labor on January 21, 1937. By 1953, it had 20,000 members. The union transferred to the new AFL-CIO in 1955.
Strikebreaker. Pinkerton agents escort strikebreakers in Buchtel, Ohio, 1884. Industrial Workers of the World stickerette "Don't Scab". A strikebreaker (sometimes pejoratively called a scab, blackleg, bootlicker, blackguard or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. Strikebreakers are either workers (union members or not ...
The Collar Laundry Union was the first all-female labor union in the United States. [1] It was started in Troy, New York by Kate Mullany in 1864. [2] [3] 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 (which led to the ...
February 27, 2024 at 4:28 AM. The case of a Paterson laundry worker who sued her employer after a workplace accident caused the amputation of her hand will soon go to trial after a judge's ruling ...
Goodwill Manufacturing, Inc., is laying off 136 employees from its commercial laundry and linen services in Milwaukee. The layoffs will take effect Aug. 3 and stem from the company permanently ...
The Laundry Workers Industrial Union was a labor union affiliated with the Communist Party's Trade Union Unity League during the early 1930s. Established in 1931, the union organized laundry workers in New York City, and later became part of the non-Communist Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The union's membership was primarily African ...