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1907 Skowhegan textile strike

1907 Skowhegan textile strike
DateJanuary 21 – April 13, 1907
Location
MethodsStrikes, protests, demonstrations
Parties
Textile workers;
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Marston Worsted Mills;
Number
~225
A woolen mill in Skowhegan, Maine c. 1910.
The Industrial Workers of the World supported striking textile workers.

The 1907 Skowhegan textile strike was a labor dispute between approximately 225 mill workers and the owners of the Marston Worsted Mill in Skowhegan, Maine, United States.[1] Declared following the firing of 17 year-old French Canadian-American girl named Mamie Bilodeau, the strike was the first successful strike involving the recently formed Industrial Workers of the World.[2]

  1. ^ DeJunz, G. (14 April 2020). "The intensive organizing behind one of history's most famous "spontaneous" strikes". Organizing Work.
  2. ^ Doty, C. Stewart (1 March 2000). "The Future of the Franco-American Past". American Review of Canadian Studies. 30 (1): 10. doi:10.1080/02722010009481790. S2CID 143647891.

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