Strike at Lawrence, Massachusetts Mills

Strike at Lawrence, Massachusetts Mills

Immigrant workers employed at mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts strike. Led by the International Workers of the World, the strike lasts from March to May. Over two hundred and fifty thousand textile workers across New England receive wage increases as a result.

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, “Feeling the Unrest of the Times: The 1912 Labor Struggles in Willimantic, Connecticut,” Connecticut History Review 55, no. 2 (Fall 2016): 111–139, here 113.

1912-03/1912-05

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