Great music tribute to the Bread and Roses strike from Joe Difillipo and his group
Berry Craig
Thanks to Baltimore labor activst-historian Bill Barry for sending us this.
This Day in History
#tdih-Jan. 11-12, 1912. The Bread and Roses Strike Begins in Massachusetts.
Also known as the Lawrence Textile Strike, the workers actions resulted from a reduction in pay and working hours. At its peak, the strike involved some 20,000 workers and included labor leaders, Bill Haywood and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn,
The song/video, “Bread and Roses” recalls this event in Labor history.