Commemoration Of The Centennial Of The Uprising Of the 20,000: Part 2

Joe Raico speaking at the Commemoration of the Centennial of the Uprising of the 20,000. This took place on Sunday November 22, 2009/ 1- 3:30 pm at IBT Local 237 Union Hall, 216 W 14th St, New York, New York. There was a screening of Alex Szalats Clara Lemlich: A Strike Leaders Diary. This was followed by discussion with honored guests: Rita Margules (Clara Lemlich's daughter), Richard Greenwald (Triangle Fire Historian), and Bob Lazar (former ILGWU archivist).
Organizers of the event were
The Remembering the Triangle Fire Coalition and
Organizing the Curriculum

Joe was featured in SCHMATTA: RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS
Joe knew my father since they were both cutters and Local 10 members of the then ILGWU. Possibly he knew Nat Schumer and Eli Hyman, two of my friend's fathers who were also garment workers. Joe told me that today there are less than 100 cutters.