Bread and Roses
The definition of liberty has been obtained for different uses and situations. Some determine liberty as the freedom of oppression, or even look at liberty as the right to do whatever you want. But when it came to American industrial workers, they wanted the liberty to earn the American Dream that they sought after. Therefore American industrial workers understood liberty through revolutions and protesting that would bring a significance of unions to come.
Being an industrial worker wasn’t easy around this period of time, especially when being underappreciated around the strike of 1912. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, it was one of the main cities whose economy was based on textile. Immigrants consisted of those who came from the countries of Portugal, Italy, and Ireland, and all they wanted to have been a better chance of living than they did while they were back in their native country. They weren’t bad people who just wanted to take over the country and make things harder on others. They simply wanted to earn their keep and have the dream that they have wanted all of their life. Most of these workers kept their heads down and chose to work under their conditions that weren’t safe. Most, if not all, immigrants acknowledged the fact that their lives were going to be much harder when living in America. Immigrants were looked down upon over the opinions of others. As American began to stabilize itself, it was seen to be that there was more opportunity. However, that opportunity was “taken” away from immigrants. Eventually, Americans started to treat immigrants unfairly, making them work long hours with no break, being underpaid, and working in harsh conditions that were not safe. And through all of the immigrant’s adversity, they still continued to strive in their industry and have a hard work ethic. Over the time, immigrant’s lives continued to grow in despair since they were being disrespected, and misused. Overall, they didn’t know what liberty was, and it will
Being an industrial worker wasn’t easy around this period of time, especially when being underappreciated around the strike of 1912. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, it was one of the main cities whose economy was based on textile. Immigrants consisted of those who came from the countries of Portugal, Italy, and Ireland, and all they wanted to have been a better chance of living than they did while they were back in their native country. They weren’t bad people who just wanted to take over the country and make things harder on others. They simply wanted to earn their keep and have the dream that they have wanted all of their life. Most of these workers kept their heads down and chose to work under their conditions that weren’t safe. Most, if not all, immigrants acknowledged the fact that their lives were going to be much harder when living in America. Immigrants were looked down upon over the opinions of others. As American began to stabilize itself, it was seen to be that there was more opportunity. However, that opportunity was “taken” away from immigrants. Eventually, Americans started to treat immigrants unfairly, making them work long hours with no break, being underpaid, and working in harsh conditions that were not safe. And through all of the immigrant’s adversity, they still continued to strive in their industry and have a hard work ethic. Over the time, immigrant’s lives continued to grow in despair since they were being disrespected, and misused. Overall, they didn’t know what liberty was, and it will