'Bread & Roses Festival', boston.com article Aug. 25, 2011

     The 2011 Bread and Roses Heritage Festival will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 5, featuring music, dance, poetry, drama, ethnic food, historical demonstrations, children’s entertainment, and walking and trolley tours. All events are free and will either happen on or start from Campagnone Common. Held every Labor Day, the festival honors the Bread and Roses Strike of 1912, when more than 20,000 workers, mostly new immigrants, walked out of the city’s mills to protest reductions in working hours and pay. The strike lasted nine weeks before the national attention it drew pressured mill owners to come to the bargaining table and meet employee demands. For more information on the festival, visit www.breadandrosesheritage.org. - Karen Sackowitz