Passaic On Strike!

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Passaic On Strike!

From: New Jersey Historical Commission and NJN Public Radio
Length: 00:54:52

In 1926, 16,000 Wool Workers Strike for nearly a year in New Jersey Read the full description.

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Immigrant protests are nothing new in America. Eighty years ago, in 1926, 16,000 wool workers in Passaic, New Jersey, went on strike when they meager wages were cut 10 percent. It was the first major strike by the Communist Party U.S.A. This the latest program written and produced by Marty Goldensohn and David S. Cohen. It features re-enactments by Broadway actors Phil Bosco and Alison Fraser and interviews with historians Jim Shenton of Columbia University, Dee Garrison of Rutgers, and Paul Buhle of Brown University. It is a coproduction of NJN Public Radio and the New Jersey Historical Commission. Photo credit: The Botto House/National Labor Museum.

Broadcast History

Brand new doc. First broadcast locally in New Jersey on NJN radio net. May 2006 8pm. No national airing.

Transcript

?PASSAIC ON STRIKE?
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NARRATOR:

FEW PEOPLE ARE STILL AROUND TO REMEMBER, BUT IN 1926, IN PASSAIC NEW JERSEY, 16 THOUSAND WOOLWORKERS STRUCK THE MILLS AFTER THEIR MEAGER WAGES HAD BEEN CUT. THE STRIKE LASTED NEARLY A YEAR. SUPPORTERS ACROSS THE NATION SENT MONEY AND FOOD.

MARTHA STONE ASHER:

At one time these strikers who were handling a big truck filled with food were stopped by the police, and they arrested him and they arrested all the bread! ? . And it became a big issue among the strikers until the bread was freed. (She laughs.) That?s how they talked about it.

NARRATOR:

THE 19 TWENTIES ROARED ALRIGHT, BUT NOT THE WAY MOST PEOPLE THINK. COMING UP AFTER THE NEWS, A DOCUMENTARY: PASSAIC ON STRIKE!

Instrumental of ?Ain?t We Got Fun?

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I. THE BATTLEGROUND (O.01)

FUNDING...
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Timing and Cues

3 files.
1. Passaic on Strikeb.mp2 is program 53:53 designed to fill the hour after npr/local 6 minute newscast.
2. Passaic Pre News Tease .mp2 is optional 59 seconds, to precede news at the top of the hour. Outuce is" "...passaic on strike."
3. Pas29secpromo.bnc.mp2 is a 29 second anytime promo that includes 5 secs of music at the end for local voiceover of time and date. Outuce is "passaic on strike." + 5 secs music fading.