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<v Speaker 1>On this stone working class history the eleventh of January.

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<v Speaker 1>And on the eleventh of January nineteen twelve, the Lawrence Strike,

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<v Speaker 1>also known as the Bread and Roses Strike, broke out.

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<v Speaker 1>Polish women working in cotton mills in New England noticed

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<v Speaker 1>that their pay had been reduced and stopped their looms,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving the mill shouting short pay. Other workers, mostly women

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<v Speaker 1>and girls, also walked out, and within a week twenty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand workers were out. Despite brutal repression, they held out

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<v Speaker 1>until mid March and won all of their demands, which

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<v Speaker 1>were also mirrored by other employers who wanted to avoid

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<v Speaker 1>similar strikes. The popular name for the strike came from

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<v Speaker 1>a line from a speech by socialist Rose Schneidermann quote

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<v Speaker 1>the worker must have bread, but she must have roses

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<v Speaker 1>to end quote, a demand which young girls inscribed on

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<v Speaker 1>their banners in Lawrence. The Bread and Roses Strike is

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<v Speaker 1>commemorated in our January t shirt of the Month, made

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<v Speaker 1>by a workers cooperative and supporting grassroots unions in South Asia,

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<v Speaker 1>See you tomorrow,