Recruitment of Puerto Rican Workers to Willimantic

Title

Recruitment of Puerto Rican Workers to Willimantic

Description

Looking to improve their lives and escape high unemployment, American Thread Company and Hartford Poultry recruit Puerto Ricans to settle and work in Willimantic.

Source

Norma Boujouen and James R. Newton, The Puerto Rican Experience in Willimantic (Windham, CT: Windham Regional Community Council, 1984), 4.

Date

1956

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Recruitment of Puerto Rican Workers to Willimantic,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/869.