“It’s about immigrants, it’s about women, it’s about workers’ rights, it’s about pay equity,” said Mary Anne Marsh, a Boston-based Democratic strategist. “It’s about everything Elizabeth Warren has spent her life fighting for.”The Bread and Roses strike began in response to a pay cut of 32 cents a week. Seven of the eight people who worked in the Mills were either immigrants or the children of immigrants. While doctors in Lawrence had a life expectancy of 65, more than one-third of mill workers died before age 25. Matias said things are improving in the city, with better schools and less crime under new mayor Daniel Rivera, who spoke before Warren.

Source: Huffington Post February 09, 2019 17:11 UTC