LABOR VIDEO OF THE WEEK: “Bread & Roses”
Lawrence Smoot | Published on 1/11/2025
The IWW-organized “Bread & Roses” textile strike of 32,000 women and children began on January 11, 1912 in Lawrence, Mass. It lasted 10 weeks and ended in victory. The first millworkers to walk out were Polish women who, upon collecting their pay, exclaimed that they had been cheated and promptly abandoned their looms.