Jou-Jou Designs, Inc. v. International Ladies Garment Workers Union

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

The origins of this case lie in the sweatshops of early Twentieth Century America. “It has its genesis in a fiercely competitive struggle by manufacturers of garments at the turn of the century which caught the workers in the industry, at that time mostly recently arrived immigrants, in between, depressed their wages and resulted in intolerable working conditions.” Greenstein v. National Skirt and Sportswear Association, 178 F.Supp. 681, 687 (SDNY 1959), appeal dismissed, 274 F.2d 430 (2d Cir. 1960).

Low wages and bad working conditions spurred the workers in those…