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Women working at sewing machines at Perfection Garment, Martinsburg.
Charles McDaniel Collection
Women working at sewing machines at Perfection Garment, Martinsburg. Charles McDaniel Collection


A 12-day strike at Perfection Garment Company plants in Martinsburg and Ranson, ended on May 4, 1953.

Learn more:
Perfection Garment Co. strike in Martinsburg
"Strike at Perfection; Dispute Effectiveness"
"Strike At Perfection Plants Comes to End"
"Terms of Strike Settlement"
"Labor Management Conflict in the Eastern Panhandle: Perfection Garment Company Battles the ILGWU"
Newspaper Advertisement for the ILGWU


On This Day in West Virginia History: May

West Virginia Archives and History