Society, Politics & Law
The contribution of women in the Singer factory strike of 1911
...world. By 1911, the plant had expanded to employ over 12,000, around 3,000 of which were women. Census data from 1911 shows how the workforce was drawn, not only from Clydebank, but from all the adjacent communities along Clydeside, a factor that was to prove significant during the 1911 strike. In tune with its American roots, the Singer Company was aggressively hostile...