In Labor's Corner
Section 3:
Needles and Pins
Contents
"In Labor's Corner"
Ben Yomen
Congressman Dripp
Editorial Cartoons
Needles and Pins
1969 Integration Humor
The
year was 1939 when "NEEDLES & PINS" started appearing in the
International Ladies Garment Workers Union publication
"JUSTICE". It
created a lot of interest in the trade.
Garment workers chuckled as they saw themselves in the cartoons.
Even some bosses were amused. The
feature was so popular that the union published a booklet in 1941 with
twenty cartoons reprinted from "JUSTICE" and sold them for a
nickle a copy. The curtain
came down on the series in 1944 after a successful five year run.
