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Lawrence, Mass., Textile Workers' Strike images, 1912-1913

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The Lawrence Textile Strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Mass., in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. Prompted by one mill owner's decision to lower wages when a new law shortening the workweek went into effect in January., the strike spread rapidly through the town, growing to more than 20,000 workers at nearly every mill within one week. The strike, which lasted more than 2 months and defied the assumptions of conservative trade unions that immigrant workers could not be organized, was successful; a year later, however, the union had largely collapsed and most of the gains achieved by the workers had disappeared.

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(Sirsi) 1360896(OCoLC)784096541