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Article recounting recent strikes of tailoresses in Sydney, which highlights the "long hours, arduous work, poor pay, and the request of the workers for higher wages". This has been met with wide-spread public approval.

Account of the strike of tailoresses in Sydney, totaling 600 to 700 women and girls. Several firms now refuse to recognise the women unions, stating they will pay whatever they please. Trades Hall unions in Melbourne and Perth warn all women against…

Article complaining about the ever growing throngs of Melbourne Tailoresses who claim to be overworked and underpaid. According to the author of this article, it is a constant increase in the number of workers, which is the primary cause of the…

Public meeting held at the Town Hall with the purpose of obtaining sympathy for Female Operatives in Clothing Factories.

Newspaper article discusses a public meeting held at the Townhall concerning the interests of the female operatives of Melbourne. Women were the largest group of attendees. Subject of debate was the equal pay of women, who wanted their efforts to be…