ABSTRACT
Despite the massive work stoppage organized by the English and Jewish shoemakers in 1890, the cottage industry still existed in 1906. In March, Jewish workers at a shoe manufacturer went on strike to force their employer to have the work done at his own workplace instead of giving it to workers to do from their homes. The number of Jews employed in the London shoe industry had diminished substantially because of the ongoing mechanization of shoe production. In 1904 a considerable proportion of the Jewish tailors' unions joined the Amalgamated Society of Tailors (AST). This collaborative arrangement between the Jewish unions and the AST stood its first major test in June 1906, when a massive strike broke out in the London garment industry. The Jewish shoemakers and their unions were unable to resolve the impasse in their efforts to work with the English shoemakers in the period until 1914.
