Today is the anniversary of the ending of the Bread and Roses strike. In 1912, mill workers, mostly women, mostly immigrants, in Lawrence, Mass. went on strike for better wages “a 15% increase in wages, a return to the fifty hour work week, double time for overtime work and a stopping of discrimination for union activity.”
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
Today is the anniversary of the ending of the Bread and Roses strike. In 1912, mill workers, mostly women, mostly immigrants, in Lawrence, Mass. went on strike for better wages “a 15% increase in wages, a return to the fifty hour work week, double time for overtime work and a stopping of discrimination for union activity.”