How would a careful rereading of this excerpt help a reader understand who made up the ILGWU? The reader could make a connection between the quote by one ILGWU official and the author’s reference to “union men” just before it. The reader could make a connection between the quote by one ILGWU official and the reference to “these girls” in the same quote. The reader could make a connection between the quote by one ILGWU official and the author’s description of “other Russian folk” in the first paragraph. The reader could make a connection between the quote by one ILGWU official and the descriptive phrase “they sang” in the first paragraph.