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Bread and Roses Strike Centenniel

By , About.com GuideJanuary 10, 2012

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Ten thousand workers in textile mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, walked off the job on January 12, 1912, to protest a pay cut which the owners implemented when the legislature cut the number of hours women could work. The story of a woman striker's sign about "bread and roses" gave rise to a slogan for the labor movement.

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