 As president, Bagley saw the LFLRA grow to nearly 600 members, with branches in Waltham, Fall River, Manchester, Dover and Nashua.With the encouragement and assistance of feminist Angelique Martin, the LFLRA purchased a printing press and published their own labor newspaper, "The Voice of Industry," for which Bagley frequently contributed articles and edited a women's column.In 1845, Bagley and the LFLRA members gathered names of textile workers on petitions sent to the Massachusetts Legislature, demanding a ten-hour workday.