#factory workers

[atomic-chronoscaph]

World War II aircraft factory photographs by Alfred T. Palmer (1941-1943)

[kropotkindersurprise]

October 2, 2024 - Over 1,000 Samsung workers in Chennai, India, have been on strike for four weeks, making it India’s biggest strike in recent years. The protests have disrupted production at the factory, which employs 1800 people and contributed a fifth of Samsung’s $12 billion revenue in India last year.

The striking workers are demanding recognition of their union, CITU, and a wage increase. The average salary for the Samsung workers is currently about $300 a month. [video]

[newyorkthegoldenage]

These fellows look like gangsters, but they are actually factory workers. Taken on Astoria Boulevard, 1930s.

Photo: Put This On

[pirin-tablet-remedy]

[ecomherzdesign]

📌 How does a 1950s pin up steal the factory spotlight? ▶

🛠️ This seductive 1950s style factory worker is sure to turn heads! With her knotted denim shirt, high waisted shorts, and sultry gaze, she steals the show 💋. Her alluring black curls and perfectly styled rockabilly look make this factory even hotter! (AI generated)

[soberscientistlife]

[detroitlib]

View of mural depicting workers in an automobile factory (titled Automotive industry) by W.P.A. artist Marvin Beerbohm. The mural was originally displayed in the Technology Dept. building and later transferred to the Smithsonian Institution. Typed on back: "Detroit Public Library. Mural in Technology Department building, Putnam Ave. (Designed and executed by Marvin Beerbohm of Detroit, completed and installed July, 1940, W.P.A. artist."

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

[flightofthestorks]

stop saying the clothes you made are handmade.

i will not shut up about how harmful it is to use these tiny "handmade" tags when youre a hobby tailor or a small buisness. advertising with how an item is handmade (but also just gifting people something and it has a handmade tag or button or whatever) is incredibly harmful. every piece of clothing is handmade. there might be a few exceptions but the absolute vast majority was made by hand. your primark, shein, temu and h&m clothes are handmade. these buisinesses dont want you to know that, they dont want you to see that a person made your t shirt. to think about the horrible conditions they made it in and how they are paid wages that dont allow them to live.

by putting a handmade tag on your handmade dress you are widening that gap between you, and the factory workers. you are dehumanising and devalueing them and their work.

we need everyone to understand how exactly clothing is made and who makes it. we need to understand that we are profiting off of someone elses unpaid labor. if everyone were to understand how every piece of clothing is handmade, you wouldnt need your shitty tags.

making your own clothes should teach you how much labor needs to be put into a simple pair of underwear. use that knowledge to advocate for your fellow sewists.

you can make a small lino or screen print to tag your clothes or order custom tags online! you can do that.

sewing and selling your work is great. and not underpricing it is important. so if you want to put a cute little tag on there, here are some ideas:

- made by y/n

- logo

- handmade like every piece of clothing

and for everyone who isnt a sewist/knitter/crocheter or whatever. look at each and every clothing/textile item you own or are about to buy and see how someone made it.