Last month I gave a poetry reading for a fellowship group at our temple. One of the poems was "Shirt" by Robert Pinsky. The poem honors those who labor to make shirts for us around the world.
While preparing my reading, I tried to recall the song that used to be played as a commercial thirty or more years back for the ILGWU, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. It touched me every time I heard it. My kids were young at the time, and when it was played, they'd turn toward me and say, "Look Dad's crying again."
Well, I found it online of course, and it's still worth hearing and pondering.
vaguely recall this. there was no sound on this link.
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