Ruth SalterSolidarity with the UCU and all striking today ✊
#SongForTheStrike – Bread and Roses, sung by Bronwen Lewis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiiKgST_G2Q
This song is often associated with the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence, MA. The strike among textile mill workers ended 111 years ago yesterday with a pay-rise of up to 20%.
Although its associated with the strike the song/poem by James Oppenheim predates it, inspired by a 1911 speech by suffragist Helen Todd.
