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The 1926 Passaic textile strike was a work stoppage by over 15,000 woolen mill workers in and around Passaic, New Jersey, over wage issues in several factories in the vicinity.
Nov 13, 2017 · The 1926 Passaic Textile Strike began on January 25th, 1926 and lasted through March 1st, 1927. The work stoppage involved more than 15,000 wool and silk workers in and around Passaic, New Jersey who mobilized in response to a 10 per cent cut in their already meager wages.
On January 25, 1926, pushed to the point of desperation by wage cuts, lengthened hours, and unsafe work conditions, the largely immigrant workforce in the textile mills of Passaic, New Jersey, shut down their city's textile industry for over a year.
Jul 29, 2021 · But in 1926, fifteen thousand wool workers in Passaic, New Jersey, went on strike. The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike, a new book by Jacob A. Zumoff, a historian at New Jersey City University, tells its story.
Known as the Passaic textile strike, the massive work stoppage involved picket lines at mills in four other communi-ties and galvanized 15,000 unorganized workers, the bulk of whom were immi-grants, half of whom were women.
Jan 21, 2022 · From January 1926 through March 1927, more than 15,000 textile workers in New Jersey struck against a wage cut, for shorter hours, and for better conditions. Remembered as the Passaic strike, it also involved wool and worsted workers in nearby Garfield and Clifton, and silk dying workers in what was then East Paterson.
From January 1926 through March 1927, more than 15,000 textile workers in New Jersey struck against a wage cut, for shorter hours, and for better conditions. Remembered as the Passaic strike, it al...
