大学生，律师和女权主义者也加入了纺织女工的斗争，为了在工作场所设置新的保障条款。

University students, lawyers and feminists have joined the seamstresses in their fight to set new terms at the work place.

纺织女工曼纽埃拉·普拉斯因组织35名妇女进行抗议活动，在五月遭到解雇，此前她在那家工厂工作了13年。

Manuela Purras is a seamstress who was fired in May for organizing the thirty-five women at the factory where she had worked for thirteen years.