Bread and Roses

We are a feminist news radio collective, with a weekly show on KBOO FM in Portland, Oregon. Our show airs at 6 pm each Friday on 90.7 FM, and it's also streamed live at www.KBOO.fm. Check out the website for more information on our community radio station, and the great work we do in bringing you the voices you don't hear on other radio stations.Our name comes from The Lawrence Strike in Massachusetts, in which dozens of immigrant communities -- led to a large extent by women -- joined with the Industrial Workers of the World to push for better working conditions and wages in the textile mills. During the strike some of the women carried a sign that said, "We want bread, but we want roses, too!"The strike was settled on March 14, 1912, on terms generally favorable to the workers. The workers won pay increases, time-and-a-quarter pay for overtime, and a promise of no discrimination against strikers. The strikers are credited with inventing the moving picket line so that they would not be arrested for loitering.CHECK OUT OUR BLOG AT: www.kboobreadandroses.blogspot.com