1926 Passaic textile strike

1926 Passaic textile strike
Passaic strikers and their children picketing outside the White House in Washington, DC.
Date	January 25, 1926 - March 1, 1927
Location	Passaic, New Jersey
Goals	Eight-hour work day, wages
Methods	Strikes, Protest, Demonstrations
Parties
Trade Union Educational League Passaic City Council
Lead figures
Albert Weisbord
Number
15,000 protesters
Casualties and losses
Deaths: Injuries: Arrests: Deaths: Injuries:

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. Conducted in its initial phase by a "United Front Committee" organized by the Trade Union Educational League of the Workers (Communist) Party, the strike began on January 25, 1926, and officially ended only on March 1, 1927, when the final mill being picketed signed a contract with the striking workers. It was the first Communist-led work stoppage in the United States. The event was memorialized by a seven reel silent movie intended to generate sympathy and funds for the striking workers.