“But every time the workers come out in the only way they know to protest against conditions which are unbearable the strong hand of the law is allowed to press down heavily upon us.”
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We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.
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Then came a big strike. About 100 girls went out. The result was a victory, which netted us - I mean the girls - $2 increase in our wages on the average.
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The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.
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I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship.
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So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more.
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