1928 New Bedford Textile Strike
The 1928 New Bedford textile strike was a mass strike action, work stoppage of approximately 30,000 machinery operatives in several of the large cotton mills located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The strike, which ran for several months during the spring and summer of 1928, is remembered for the prominent role played by the Communist Party, USA, Workers (Communist) Party of America in mobilizing the immigrant workers of the region. The strike began April 16, 1928, over a proposed 10 percent wage cut for factory operatives. Strikers demanded not only the abolition of the planned cut in wages but a 20 percent wage increase and implementation of the 40-hour work week. After considerable controversy control of the strike passed from the Communist-led Textile Mill Committee (TMC) to sundry craft unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. The strike ended in early October when negotiators for the seven non-Communist craft unions representing the strikers accepted th ...
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