Massachusetts militiamen with fixed bayonets surround a parade of peaceful strikers

The slogan "Bread and Roses" originated in a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in American Magazine in December 1911, which attributed it to "the women in the West". It is commonly associated with a textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts during January-March 1912, now often known as the "Bread and Roses strike". Bread And Roses is an all acoustic folk-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. ... Bread and Roses is a 2000 British film, starring Adrien Brody, and directed by Ken Loach. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1917 issue The American Magazine was founded in June of 1906 stemming from failed publications that had been purchased a few years earlier from publishing mogul Miriam Leslie and operated between 1904 and August of 1905 as Leslies Magazine then until May of 1906 as the American Illustrated Magazine. ... Massachusetts militiamen with fixed bayonets surround a parade of peaceful strikers Flyer distributed in Lawrence, September 1912 The Lawrence textile strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. ...   Settled: 1655 â€“ Incorporated: 1847 Zip Code(s): 01840 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Massachusetts militiamen with fixed bayonets surround a parade of peaceful strikers Flyer distributed in Lawrence, September 1912 The Lawrence textile strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. ...

The slogan appeals for both fair wages and dignified conditions.

History

The Lawrence strike, which united dozens of immigrant communities under the leadership of the Industrial Workers of the World, was led to a large extent by women. Many claim^{[cite this quote]} that during the strike some of the women carried a sign that said, "We want bread, but we want roses, too!" No reliable evidence has yet been found to verify this,^{[citation needed]} and the claim has been rejected by some veterans of the Lawrence strike.^{[citation needed]} The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. ...

A 1916 labor anthology, The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest by Upton Sinclair, is the first known source to attribute the phrase to the Lawrence strikers. A republication of Oppenheim's poem in 1912, following the strike, attributed it to "Chicago Women Trade Unionists". Upton Sinclair Jr. ...

The strike was settled on March 14, 1912, on terms generally favorable to the workers. The workers won pay increases, time-and-a-quarter pay for overtime, and a promise of no discrimination against strikers. The strikers are credited with inventing the moving picket line (so that they would not be arrested for loitering). is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Legacy

The strike and slogan have been the inspiration for the names of a diverse collection of organisations and publications.

• The usage of the rose by the Irish Labour Party -- and its sister parties around the world -- owes it its origins to the slogan.
• Oppenheim's poem was set to music in 1976 by Mimi Fariña and has been recorded by various artists, including Judy Collins, Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips, and John Denver.
• New Zealand Labour Party Member of Parliament, Union leader, and women's rights campaigner Sonja Davies called her autobiography Bread and Roses, after the poem. This autobiography was the basis of a successful New Zealand mini-series directed by Gaylene Preston, which concentrates upon Davies's early life as a single mother organiser of protest action to keep her local railway line open.
• A housing cooperative in Kitchener, Ontario that specializes in providing affordable housing for people living with HIV and/or AIDS.
• In 2000 British director Ken Loach titled a movie Bread and Roses. The film is about the struggle of two Mexican labourers in Los Angeles, performed by Pilar Padilla and Elpidia Carrillo, for the right to form a union. It depicts an episode in the ongoing Justice for Janitors campaign, which is run by the Service Employees International Union.
• Eben Moglen uses this image when talking about culture in the ditigal age: In the digital age, when all culture can be given to everyone at the same price as it's given to one person, we have enough bread and roses. So it's strange that Rupert Murdoch and Michael Eisner have most of the bread, and all of the roses.
• A quarterly journal produced by the UK section of the Industrial Workers of the World ('Wobblies') [1]
• A Labor Day celebration, Bread and Roses Heritage Festival, in Lawrence, Massachusetts
• A pub in London, run by the Workers Beer Company
• A charitable foundation in Philadelphia.
• A non-profit organization founded by Mimi Farina that brings entertainment to shut-ins in prisons, hospitals and convalescent homes.
• Mount Holyoke College seniors sing a song entitled "Bread and Roses" during their Laural Parade at graduation. [2]
• Bryn Mawr College students sing the same song after three of their annual traditions nights. [3]
• On April 14, 2007, the song marked the final notes performed at New York City's experimental music venue, Tonic, as part of a protest against gentrification pushing out such venues in the Lower East Side before police arrested performers, Rebecca Moore and Marc Ribot.
• A bakery in the Bloor West Village neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario.
• A café that serves free hot meals to homeless individuals and families in Venice, Los Angeles, California.

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Poem and Song lyrics

References

• Bruce Watson, Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream (New York: Viking, 2005), ISBN 0-670-03397-9.

See also

• Anna LoPizzo, woman striker killed during the Lawrence textile strike
• William M. Wood Co-founder of the American Woolen Company

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External links

• Industrial Workers of the World chronology
• Bread & Roses: The Strike Led and Won by Women
• The Boston Band called Bread and Roses
• Bread and Roses Heritage Festival
• Bread and Roses Pub London
• Bread & Roses Nonprofit founded by Mimi Fariña