Third Strike at American Thread Co.
Title
Third Strike at American Thread Co.
Description
2500 American Thread Company workers go on strike and eventually State Police are called to protect 1800 scabs. Many are forced to leave town in search of other work over the course of the nine month strike.
Source
Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 97,100.
Date
1925
Contributor
turner_max
Collection
Citation
“Third Strike at American Thread Co.,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/850.