A strike tactic hid pigeons in fur coatsSourced
Pigeons in the fur coat sleeves.
Customers tried them on.
John Morris later described hiding pigeons in the sleeves of fur coats during a sale at a Philadelphia department store. When shoppers tried the coats on, the birds flew out. Morris said he used the disruption to press management to sign a labor agreement.
An unusual bargaining tactic
with wings.
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