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Strikes have been a major, sometimes perilous tactic for workers as they've fought for better wages and working conditions.

Lowell is an immigrant city on the precipice of change By Stephanie Ebbert Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 8:05 a.m. Email to a Friend Tooch Van, a Cambodian refugee who came to the US in 1996, was among the plaintiffs who challenged the city of Lowell in a Voting Rights Act that is forcing changes in city elections this fall. Now, he's among those running for district councilor.Suzanne Krieter/Globe staff The vigil in Lowell was planned to honor the Asian victims of the shootings in Atlanta last month, and to give voice to the outrage that their murders were not initially regarded as hat...

The previous installment of this column discussed a report by Father Patrick J. Waters on the 1919 labor dispute between textile mill workers and owners in Lawrence, MA. It outlined the context of the strike, and the positions of the strikers, mill owners, public and Catholic churches in the city. Below it continues with Father Waters' observations about the mill workers' living conditions, his conclusions, the result of the strike and a brief analysis. Living conditions of the strikers The report Father Waters submitted looked beyond the immediate cause of the strike -- a reduction in wages ...

The author challenges the common myth that the Bread and Roses Strike was spontaneous. The 1912 Bread and Roses Strike in Lawrence, Mass., was one of the most significant struggles in U.S. labor history due to its level of organization and collaboration across ethnic and gender lines. Thousands of largely female workers engaged in a lengthy, well-organized, and successful walkout, standing firm against an entrenched group of mill owners and their hundreds of militia and police. Workers maintained soup kitchens and nurseries for children. Meetings were simultaneously translated into nearly 30 ...