Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike, The

Type

Book

Authors

Zumoff, Jacob A.

ISBN 10

1978809891

ISBN 13

9781978809895

Tags

Labor & Industrial Relations, Immigrants, Communism & Socialism, Textile Workers' Strike, Passaic, N.J, 1926, Wages--Textile workers--New Jersey--Passaic, Communist party

Abstract

"This book tells the story of 15,000 wool workers who went on strike for more than a year, defying police violence and hunger. The strikers were mainly immigrants and half were women. The Passaic textile strike, the first time that the Communist Party led a mass workers' struggle in the United States, captured the nation's imagination and came to symbolize the struggle of workers throughout the country when the labor movement as a whole was in decline during the conservative, pro-business 1920s. Although the strike was defeated, many of the methods and tactics of the Passaic strike presaged the struggles for industrial unions a decade later in the Great Depression"-- Provided by publisher.

Biblio Notes

Passaic, New Jersey -- The strike begins -- The communist party and the start of the Passaic strike -- Bringing Passaic to the labor movement -- Enter the politicians -- Repression and class-struggle defense -- Building relief and solidarity -- Women, the family, and the Passaic strike -- The end of the strike -- After the strike.

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