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On June 27, 1913, over 50 of Oregon Packing Company’s all female staff walked out to protest low wages and unsafe working conditions. Their strike was met with repression, as the recently elected mayor authorized aggressive actions against the women. In one case a number of the strikers were trampled by police horses. The strike was immediately supported by the IWW, and especially by IWW women such as Marie Equi and Mary Schwab. The strike became tied to the free speech fight when strikers hung banners reading “Forty cents a day makes prostitutes” and were told that they could be arrested for such actions.
On June 27, 1913, over 50 of Oregon Packing Company’s all female staff walked out to protest low wages and unsafe working conditions. Their strike was met with repression, as the recently elected mayor authorized aggressive actions against the women. In one case a number of the strikers were trampled by police horses. The strike was immediately supported by the IWW, and especially by IWW women such as Marie Equi and Mary Schwab. The strike became tied to the free speech fight when strikers hung banners reading “Forty cents a day makes prostitutes” and were told that they could be arrested for such actions.
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