One of the landmark events in the history of the American Labor Movement, The Bread and Roses Strike of 1912, happened right here. On the streets of Lawrence, striking workers — mostly women and ...
LAWRENCE — Campagnone Common was alive with a fighting spirit Monday afternoon. The Bread and Roses Festival remembers the 1912 strike by immigrant textile workers in Lawrence after a reduction in ...
METHUEN - "The Strike Heard 'Round the World: Bread & Roses 1912", a 28-minute video, premiers on local cable television stations Thursday at 5 p.m. The video was produced by Tom Gradzewicz, a ...
Most people associate the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912 with the city of Lawrence, but a lot happened in the city of Lowell as well. Spend an evening learning about Lowell's labor history on April ...
Introduction / Robert Forrant and Jurg Siegenthaler -- "Believe comrades the day is coming when those at the end of their rope will require struggle -- it will be, perhaps, tomorrow": Franco-Belgian ...
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The Democratic Party lately has been striving to portray itself as a bulwark for the American worker, but it hasn’t done as much to place organized labor at the forefront of its platform. That may be ...
Sunlight shines through large windows onto walls adorned with Pride flag quilts made by volunteers, a dining table with flowers in a white vase, and a white board with house rules, inspirational ...
Jerome Segal, a philosopher and progressive activist, announced Wednesday that he is running for president as the nominee of a party he created — the socialist Bread and Roses party, which Maryland ...
Jeanne Sparks and Ken Hough, a dynamic duo renowned for their unwavering dedication to community service and advocacy, are honored with the Founders Award. With nearly 40 years of experience, Jeanne ...
Guest: Steve Early is a lawyer, organizer, union representative, a longtime labor journalist. He is the author of Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress, The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor ...