I.L.G.W.U.

Or ILGWU

abbreviation

1. International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

Example Sentences

Although I never met the man, I see his legacy every time I walk by the prominent I.L.G.W.U. mural painted on the side of a building on East Broadway.

From New York Times

My father, as the president of the I.L.G.W.U., could insist that presidential spouses wear “Made in the U.S.A.” labels — and they’d listen.

From New York Times

Eugenia operated an embroidery machine in a Bronx dress factory, and George's only real union activity at the time was to walk with her on picket lines when her union, I.L.G.W.U.

From Time Magazine Archive

What followed while Sunday dinner waited must have been a busman's holiday because next day from Washington, on the eve of a meeting of the Committee for Industrial Organization, Sunday stroller Stark reported that I.L.G.W.U. would quit C.I.O. if it decided to call a convention to form a permanent organization.

From Time Magazine Archive

A man who enjoys such simple proletarian pleasures is former Garment-Cutter David Dubinsky, president of I.L.G.W.U.

From Time Magazine Archive