Bread and Roses Strike

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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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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 NERFINISHED
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

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Bread and Roses Strike alsoKnownAs Bread and Roses Strike
this entity surface form: Lawrence textile strike of 1912
Lawrence historicEventAlsoKnownAs Bread and Roses Strike
Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States knownFor Bread and Roses Strike
subject surface form: Lawrence, Massachusetts
this entity surface form: Bread and Roses Strike of 1912