{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Clara Lemlich and the Uprising of the 20,000","description":"In 1909, a 23-year-old immigrant named Clara Lemlich stood up in New York\u2019s Cooper Union and said, \u201cI have no more patience for talk\u2014I move that we go on a general strike.\u201d The next morning, 20,000 garment workers\u2014mostly young immigrant women\u2014walked off the job. Their courage changed labor history forever. Tune into our latest episode&amp;nbsp;to hear how their fight reshaped workers\u2019 rights for generations. --- Music from today's episode is by: Tar Sahno and Semion Krivenko-Adamo Sources: Jewish Women\u2019s Archive, \u201cUprising of 20,000 (1909).\u201d Global Nonviolent Action Database (Swarthmore College), \u201cTriangle Shirtwaist Factory women strike, win better wages and hours, New York, 1909.\u201d AFL-CIO, \u201cTriangle Shirtwaist Fire.\u201d PBS American Experience, \u201cClara Lemlich and the Uprising of the 20,000.\u201d ","author_name":"Solidarity Works","author_url":"http:\/\/www.usw.org\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/38823595\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/092d8c\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/194848935"}