Showing posts with label strikes. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 6, 2014

The Bread and Roses Strike of 1912 : The History and the Song

by Nomad

Bread and Roses Strike 1912

The story of the Lawrence Mill Strike of 1912 has - like most of the history of the labor movement- received very little coverage in the mainstream media.  
With that in mind, I offer this summary of the events that occurred over one hundred years ago in the mill town of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

History always provides both interesting parallels and contrasts to our own age. Before we look back, therefore, let's take a quick examination at our own times as a kind of reference.