"Strike of '28" a play directed by Russel Ramos

We need to remember the sacrifices and lessons of the previous generation if we are to create a better world. So join us for "The Strike of ‘28" a play directed by Russell Ramos, based on the book "The Strike of '28" by Dan Georgianna and Roberta Aaronson.

This is a One Night Only event, so mark your calendar!

In 1928, the human drama of the textile industry was at a high point during. The 1928 New Bedford textile strike was a mass 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 in mobilizing the immigrant workers of the region.

The strike began on 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.

Meet the people who shaped the industry and the hardworking people who kept it going.

AHA! Night in New Bedford
September 11, 2025, at 4:00 pm
Gallery X, 169 William St, New Bedford
Free admission, Solidarity Forever

Join us after the play for a Reenactment March starting from Gallery X to the Labor Council at 560 Pleasant St. for refreshments. Feel free to dress up in your 1920s-30s streetwear, or come as you are. Everyone is welcome.

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