Ethel Biewener
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Title
Ethel Biewener
Description
Letter by factory worker expressing her desire for the Donnelly Garment Company not to be organized by the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union. Biewener references other women in union factories who are unhappy and would rather work at the Donnelly Garment Company.
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n/a
Subject
Date Original
undated
Location
Kansas City, Missouri
Collection name
James A. Reed Collection, K0443
Identifiers
Box 34
Finding Aid
Source
The State Historical Society of Missouri-Kansas City
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The Donor hereby gives and assigns to the University all rights of copyright which the Donor has in (a) the Materials and (b) in such of his works as may be found among any collections of Materials received by the University from others.
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Text
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Letter
Transcript
Can thirteen hundred employs be wrong? No we cannot and we are all ready to fight for our jobs rather than join this radical C.I.O. Union.
What have they to offer us when we are working under better conditions than anywhere in the city.
I have not been with the Donnelly Garment Co very long and worked for three or four other factories in Kansas City so I believe for one I can name a few of things we have here that are better than the other factories I have worked
1 – Better wage scale
2 – More sanitary conditions
3 – Better venilation [ventilation]
4 – Better lighting
Not long ago I met one of the C.I.O girls, Thelma Owens, who did work for the Donnelly Garment Co. and when she found out where I worked she made this remark “I would give a lot to have my job back at Donnellys and so long as you have a job there stay with it and do not join up with this C.I.O union.
Signed
Ethel Biewener
What have they to offer us when we are working under better conditions than anywhere in the city.
I have not been with the Donnelly Garment Co very long and worked for three or four other factories in Kansas City so I believe for one I can name a few of things we have here that are better than the other factories I have worked
1 – Better wage scale
2 – More sanitary conditions
3 – Better venilation [ventilation]
4 – Better lighting
Not long ago I met one of the C.I.O girls, Thelma Owens, who did work for the Donnelly Garment Co. and when she found out where I worked she made this remark “I would give a lot to have my job back at Donnellys and so long as you have a job there stay with it and do not join up with this C.I.O union.
Signed
Ethel Biewener