THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT
Many people have lost their lives unjustly, people who have fought for their rights and that one way or another, life paid them unfairly. Because of this, some authors like James Oppenheim, and others have been writing poems, hymns, and songs expressing human rights, and responsibilities of nations towards them. The authors have been recognized as protest singers, and then became emblems.
The song "Bread and Roses" by James Oppenheim, is a hymn to the American Labor Movement after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, especially in this paragraph, where he talks about women who fought for the their daily bread and then die injustice of the law.

As we come marching, marching, a dead-numbered women
Go crying through our singing Their ancient call for bread,
Small art and love and beauty Their spirits knew trudging
Yes, it is bread we. fight for, but we fight for roses, too.
Thanks to the protests, injustice has become more fair, in many countries, such as Colombia, workers have benefited from the inhuman maltreatment, and there have been reforms in employment contracts, such as food, clothing, rest, good deal, overtime and holidays, and the realization of courses that make it possible personal growth, professional and competitive.
To conclude, sad to say, but past mistakes benefit others, so that in the future will not be repeated this type of adversity, but it all depends on who shout for their rights, passively, with marches, poems, songs, and hymns.


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