 International
Woman's Day Breakfast
NCNW-GBS is proud to be a co-sponsor of the International
Women's Day Breakfast held at Simmons College on March 6th
2009. Denise, Mimi Jones and NCNW-GBS president, Carolyn
Lassiter attended the breakfast.
The Meaning of Bread & Roses:
In 1912, the labor protest later
known as "Bread and Roses" strike began in Lawrence, MA. A
new state law had reduced the maximum workweek from 56 to 54
hours. Factory owners responded by speeding up production
and cutting workers pay.
Women of all ethnic groups
banded together in solidarity, shut down their looms, left
the mill and took to the streets in protest. One group of
women carried a banner proclaiming, "We want bread
and roses too."
The slogan appeals for both fair
wages and dignified conditions and highlighted the respect
due to them as women, rather than just as cheap labor. The
slogan caught on and provided the name of one of the most
important events in American labor history.
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