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Bread and Roses strike
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- 1On This Day: Lawrence Textile Strike in Full Swing▼Today in Labor History September 30, 1912: The Lawrence, Massachusetts “Bread and Roses” textile strike was in full swin
Anniversary posts mark September 30, 1912, when 12,000 textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts walked out of the mills in the 'Bread and Roses' strike, protesting the arrests of two strike leaders. Police reportedly clubbed strikers and made many arrests. The strike remains a landmark of US labor history and its slogan endures in labor movements today.