Paterson silk strike of 1913

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The Paterson silk strike of 1913 was a major labor uprising in Paterson, New Jersey, where thousands of silk mill workers, supported by radical labor organizers, walked out to demand better working conditions, pay, and control over the pace of work.

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Paterson silk strike of 1913 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial dispute ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
cause demand for better working conditions ⓘ
demand for higher wages ⓘ
introduction of the four-loom system ⓘ
opposition to increased loom assignments per worker ⓘ
speedup of work ⓘ
consequence blacklisting of strike leaders ⓘ
increased national attention to IWW organizing ⓘ
strengthening of employer control in Paterson silk mills ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
duration about five months ⓘ
endDate 1913-07-28 ⓘ
featuredIn Paterson Strike Pageant ⓘ
goal abolition of the four-loom system ⓘ
eight-hour workday ⓘ
wage increases ⓘ
worker control over pace of work ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extensive arrests of strikers ⓘ
mass picketing ⓘ
radical labor leadership ⓘ
use of free-speech fights by organizers ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era ⓘ
industry silk industry ⓘ
keyPerson Adolph Lessig ⓘ
Bill Haywood ⓘ
linked to: Big Bill Haywood

Carlo Tresca ⓘ
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ⓘ
Patrick L. Quinlan ⓘ
location Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
notableEvent Paterson Strike Pageant at Madison Square Garden ⓘ
notableEventDate 1913-06-07 ⓘ
numberOfParticipants over 20,000 ⓘ
opposedBy Paterson city authorities ⓘ
linked to: Paterson

local police ⓘ
silk mill owners ⓘ
organizedBy IWW ⓘ
Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
participantDemographics immigrant workers ⓘ
skilled and unskilled silk workers ⓘ
women workers ⓘ
relatedTo American labor movement ⓘ
Industrial Workers of the World organizing campaigns ⓘ
textile strikes in the early 20th century ⓘ
result defeat of most workers’ demands ⓘ
limited concessions by some employers ⓘ
sector textile manufacturing ⓘ
startDate 1913-02-25 ⓘ

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Big Bill Haywood → participatedIn → Paterson silk strike of 1913 ⓘ