Uniting the Tailors

This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic change on fashion. Finally, it is about the way in which sub-divisions and differences were accommodated under the umbrella of one particular trade union.

Immigrants and Minorities, Vol 16, No 3, 1997"Uniting the Tailors captures an important slab of trade union and Jewish history and in a readable fashion . . . Overall, Cass has participated in producing an excellent book at a fair price.