1912 Lawrence Textile Strike

When

1912

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

42.71° N, 71.16° W

Description

1912 textile workers strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Labor strike in Massachusetts, U.S.

The Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the Bread and Roses Strike, was a strike action of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Prompted by a two-hour pay cut corresponding to a new law shortening the workweek for women, the strike spread rapidly through the town, growing to more than twenty thousand workers and involving nearly every mill in Lawre…

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