Story: Unions and employee organisations
Crowded, noisy and dangerous conditions were common into the early 20th century in workplaces such as this Christchurch shoe factory. The Bootmakers’ Union was so militant in aiming to improve these conditions that its members were known as the ‘fighting bootmakers’.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Samuel Heath Head Collection (PA-Group-00261)
Reference: 1/1-007455; G
Photograph by Samuel Heath Head
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