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N E W
J E R S E Y C H A P T E R
“The Passaic
Textile Strike of 1926”
Saturday,
September 15, 2007 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Wayne Public
Library
On January 25,
1926, workers at the Botany Worsted Mills in Passaic went on strike to
protest a ten percent pay cut and wretched working and living
conditions. By March the strike had spread through all the textile
mills in the area and involved over 11,000 workers from a score of
immigrant nationalities. The Passaic Textile Strike of 1926 became an
important milestone in the American labor movement.
Please join us
for a multimedia presentation of this historical strike by Ms. Evelyn
Hershey, Educational Director of the American Labor Museum at the Botto
House National Landmark in Haledon.
Refreshments will be served.
For further
information, call Joyce Barr at (973) 540-0871 or send an E-mail
to her at
JoyceCBarr@aol.com.
Directions: Take Route 46 to the Riverview Drive Exit in the
direction of Wayne. Continue on Riverview Drive to the traffic
light at Valley Road. Turn right onto Valley Road and proceed to
the second traffic light at Nellis Drive at the Wayne Municipal
Complex. Turn left and then right to access the parking lot and
the Library.
From Manhattan: Take New Jersey Transit Bus # 197 from Port
Authority Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue at 42nd Street to the
Valley Road/Preakness Avenue bus stop in Wayne. The bus stop is
across the street from the Wayne Municipal Complex, the location
of the Wayne Public Library. The 1 PM bus arrives in Wayne at
1:47 PM and costs approximately $10 round trip.
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