Lawrence "Bread and Roses" Strike: IWW Unites 20,000 Workers Across 51 Nationalities, Wins 15% Raise

Polish women textile workers at the Everett Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts walked out after discovering their employer had reduced wages by $0.32 when Massachusetts enforced a law cutting mill workers’ hours from 56 to 54 per week. The strike spread rapidly to more than 20,000 workers …