Bread and Roses Strike

E12475
historical event labor strike textile workers strike

The Bread and Roses Strike was a landmark 1912 textile workers’ strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, notable for its large immigrant workforce, women’s leadership, and its role in U.S. labor history.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
1912 Lawrence textile strike 4
Bread and Roses strike 2
Lawrence textile strike of 1912 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
textile workers strike ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lawrence strike ⓘ
Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
surface form: Lawrence textile strike of 1912
cause low wages ⓘ
passage of Massachusetts law reducing maximum weekly hours for women and children ⓘ
poor working conditions ⓘ
reduction of working hours without proportional pay ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
death Anna LoPizzo ⓘ
demands end to premium system ⓘ
no discrimination against strikers ⓘ
overtime pay at double rate ⓘ
recognition of workers committees ⓘ
time-and-a-quarter pay for overtime ⓘ
wage increases ⓘ
endDate 1912-03-14 ⓘ
hasTheme gender and labor ⓘ
immigrant labor activism ⓘ
industrial democracy ⓘ
workers rights ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark in U.S. labor history ⓘ
symbol of solidarity among immigrant workers ⓘ
symbol of women’s leadership in labor movement ⓘ
industry textile industry ⓘ
inspiredBy progressive era labor reform movements ⓘ
keyPerson Anna LoPizzo ⓘ
Arturo Giovannitti ⓘ
Big Bill Haywood ⓘ
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ⓘ
Joseph Ettor ⓘ
Margaret Sanger ⓘ
location Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
surface form: Lawrence, Massachusetts
mainOrganiser Industrial Workers of the World ⓘ
mottoInterpretation demand for both material well-being and quality of life ⓘ
notableEvent children sent to other cities for safety and support ⓘ
congressional investigation into conditions in Lawrence mills ⓘ
numberOfWorkersInvolved approximately 25000 ⓘ
opponent American Woolen Company ⓘ
Lawrence textile mills ⓘ
surface form: Lawrence textile mill owners

Massachusetts state militia ⓘ
local authorities of Lawrence, Massachusetts ⓘ
participant French-Canadian immigrant workers ⓘ
Irish immigrant workers ⓘ
Italian immigrant workers ⓘ
Jewish immigrant workers ⓘ
Polish immigrant workers ⓘ
Syrian immigrant workers ⓘ
immigrant textile workers ⓘ
women workers ⓘ
policeAction use of militia and police to suppress picketing ⓘ
relatedWork poem Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim ⓘ
result improved working conditions in some mills ⓘ
increased national attention to immigrant labor conditions ⓘ
strengthening of Industrial Workers of the World influence ⓘ
wage increases for workers in Lawrence mills ⓘ
slogan Bread and Roses ⓘ
startDate 1912-01-11 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bread and Roses Strike
Description of subject: The Bread and Roses Strike was a landmark 1912 textile workers’ strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, notable for its large immigrant workforce, women’s leadership, and its role in U.S. labor history.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lawrence → historicEventAlsoKnownAs → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
Bread and Roses Strike → alsoKnownAs → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lawrence textile strike of 1912
Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States → knownFor → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
subject surface form: Lawrence, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Bread and Roses Strike of 1912
Big Bill Haywood → participatedIn → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lawrence textile strike of 1912
Lawrence strike → hasAlias → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bread and Roses strike
Lawrence strike → hasAlias → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1912 Lawrence textile strike
Lawrence strike → hasAlias → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lawrence textile workers' strike
American Woolen Company → participatedIn → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1912 Lawrence textile strike
Anna LoPizzo → relatedEvent → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bread and Roses strike
Joseph Ettor → notableEvent → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1912 Lawrence textile strike
Arturo Giovannitti → participatedIn → Bread and Roses Strike ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1912 Lawrence textile strike