| Batsto Village |
4110 Nesco Road |
Hammonton |
NJ |
Notable for its preservation of late 19th century worker housing, Batsto was a bog iron and glass making industrial center from 1766-1876. The Batsto Furnace, rebuilt in 1786 and 1829, produced munitions for the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. |
Batsto Village is now a part of Wharton State Forest. |
| Botto, Pietro, House |
83 Norwood St. |
Haledon |
NJ |
During the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, immigrants Pietro & Maria Botto invited union leaders to address workers from the balcony of this home. Workers called for decent working conditions, end to child labor & an 8 hour day. [National Historic Landmark] |
2,400 strikers met here every Sun (Jan-July) to hear labor organizers (Upton Sinclair and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn) speak to immigrant workers. The strike was lost by workers, but was credited by historians with focusing attention on unfair labor practices. |
| CIO Founding Historical Marker |
Boardwalk |
Atlantic City |
NJ |
At the President Hotel, UMWA President John L. Lewis punched Carpenters Union President Bill Hutcheson in the face, stormed out, and formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1938. |
Erected by Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE) Local 54, and the New Jersey Industrial Union Council. |
| McGuire, Peter, Memorial |
Arlington Cemetery |
Pennsauken |
NJ |
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America dedicated this memorial to their founder, Peter McGuire, in 1962. McGuire was also the first secretary of the AFL. |
Peter McGuire is credited as one of the possible founders of Labor Day. |
