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The Bread and Roses strike, considered one of the most significant struggles in the history of the working class in the USA, begins in Lawrence, Massachusetts. 23,000 textile workers protested against cuts to their wages, and they were confronted by the National Guard, along with 22 militia companies and 50 thugs disguised as strikers, who overturned trolley cars, smashed windows, assaulted people and planted dynamite near the strike headquarters. Eventually, however, the strikers won a 25-percent raise for the lowest-paid workers and smaller increases for higher-paid workers, time-and-a-quarter pay for overtime, and no discrimination against strikers. The song Bread And Roses by Joan Baez and Mimi Farina tells the story of the strike.