More Than A Picnic: A Lesson in Labor Day
Before there were Labor Day barbecues and Labor Day sales, there was Labor–workers in the 19th century pushing for an eight-hour day and
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Encourage Public Labor History
In a recent LAWCHA post, Conor Casey, of the Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, properly cheered students
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Historical Marker for Sparrows Point Steel Mill
As part of our effort to make workers history public in the Baltimore area, we had a state historical marker erected in memory
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Historians as Organizers unveil marker to 1877 mass strike in Maryland
As the president of the US announces new historical monuments, ranging from Harriet Tubman to 240,000 acres of land in New Mexico, it
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1877 Railroad Strike Historical Marker Unveiling — Baltimore, Saturday, March 23
As LAWCHA members know, contemporary unionism is almost invisible—union members usually don’t show T-shirts or bumper stickers and certainly not yard signs proclaiming