So happy for my fellow Anchor-rats!
#UnionYes #UnionStrong

Charter Day Celebration (PA) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation A day of Anthracite Labor History at the Anthracite Heritage Museum.

TOMORROW at 10:00 AM Eastern in #Scranton #PA

A Charter Day Celebration at the Anthracite Heritage Museum

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#ScrantonPA #ElectricCity

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PICKET SIGN OF THE WEEK - Labor Heritage Foundation Spotted at the March 5th Washington-Baltimore News Guild demonstration outside the Washingtonian magazine offices on K Street in Washington DC.Got picket sign? Email us at info@laborheritage.org

PICKET SIGN OF THE WEEK

Where was it and why were they picketing? Find out at tinyurl.com/4yyhm29j

#PicketSign #WashingtonDC @newsguild.org

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A Brick and a Bible (MO) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation A New Play by Kathryn Bentley and Colin McLaughlin

TONIGHT at 7:00 PM Central in #Ferguson Mo:

A Brick And A Bible at St. Stephen's & The Vine Episcopal Church

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#Theater #Plays #LaborArt #LaborHistory

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Flint Symphony Orchestra Musicians Ratify New Contract - Labor Heritage Foundation Members of American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 542 who perform in the Flint Symphony Orchestra (FSO) have settled a new collective bargaining agreement with the Flint Institute of Music.The deal was ratified last month and contained major highlights such as increases in musician compens

Flint Symphony Orchestra Musicians Ratify New Contract

@afm-union.bsky.social Local 542 members in the #Flint Symphony Orchestra have settled a new collective bargaining agreement.

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#michigan #VehicleCity #FlintTown

Industrial Workers of the World founding member Lucy Parsons died on this day in 1942.

A legendary labor organizer and socialist, Parsons' commitment to worker emancipation was never in doubt.

NALHC Issues Call For Papers On Workers, Unions, and the Role of Government - Labor Heritage Foundation The North American Labor History Conference, held annually since 1979 and now biennial, is holding its forty-second meeting, October 15-17, 2026, on the theme of Workers, Unions, and the Role of Government. The NALHC Program Committee has issued a call inviting panels, workshops, roundt

NALHC Issues Call For Papers

The North American Labor History Conference is holding its forty-second meeting, October 15-17, 2026, on the theme of Workers, Unions, and the Role of Government.

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#LaborHistory #Detroit #WayneStateUniversity

LABOR LANDMARK OF THE WEEK - Labor Heritage Foundation Courage in the Hollers: Battle of Blair Mountain, MarmetPart of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum's growing Courage in the Hollers labor history trail, which memorializes the march of unionist coal miners that eventually led to the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain. Details on

LABOR LANDMARK OF THE WEEK

Courage in the Hollers: Battle of Blair Mountain, Marmet

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#WVMinewars #WVMineWarsMuseum #Matewan #westvirginia #wv

I've never been much of a hiker, but marking these occasions with a stroll seems a beautiful way to remember the power of our community...

Now I gotta look up Oakland history!

Anchorage Daily News staff becomes the first newsroom in Alaska to unionize and win a union contract - Labor Heritage Foundation Unionized Journalists at the Anchorage Daily News have ratified a 2 year first contract with the paper’s owner Ryan Binkly. This marks the first union contract at an Alaska news publication. Newsroom employees unionized in November 2024, joining the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, wh

#Anchorage Daily News staff becomes the first newsroom in #Alaska to unionize and win a #union contract

Journalists have ratified a 2 year first contract with the paper’s owner, marking the first union contract at an Alaska news publication.

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@newsguild.org

Walking in the Footsteps Of the Ford Hunger Marchers (MI) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation Metro Detroiters gather to remember the historic Ford Hunger March and five workers who were murdered on on that date in 1932.

TODAY at 1:00 PM Eastern in #Detroit:

Walking in the Footsteps Of the Ford Hunger Marchers

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#LaborHistory #313 #motorcity #thed

IWD Sing-a-long with Tuesday Choir (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) - Events - Labor Heritage Foundation Join the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre for an IWD sing-a-long with Hamilton’s very own Tuesday Choir! The community choir will lead us through an assortment of songs from labour and women’s histories. No experience necessary!

TODAY at 1:00 PM Eastern in #HamiltonOntario:

Join an #InternationalWomensDay Singalong with the Tuesday Choir

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#IWD20206 #HamOnt #Music #song #choir

THIS WEEK’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR - Labor Heritage Foundation Can the Victims of Slavery Save Democracy?This week on The Labor Heritage Power Hour: SEIU President April Verrett on worker power and democracy, The Pitt star Noah Wyle on unions, Kathy Newman on Pittsburgh labor history, Sean Duffy’s favorite labor song, Labor History in 2:00 on Frances Perkin

THIS WEEK’S LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR

With @seiu.org President April Verrett, Noah Wyle, Sean Duffy’s favorite labor song and more!

Find out more and listen to the show at tinyurl.com/4k93hpyh

@sagaftra.org #LaborRadioPod

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LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK - Labor Heritage Foundation 1913 labor protest song by activist Joe Hill (published in the IWW's Little Red Songbook) critiquing the military-industrial complex, questioning why money is spent on war while workers suffer.

LABOR SONG OF THE WEEK

Should I Ever be a Soldier by Joe Hill

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#LaborMusic #Music #Song

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L.A.-Area Escape Room Becomes the First One in the World with a Union Contract - Labor Heritage Foundation Workers who guide guests through a spine-tingling immersive experience at The Basement, an LA-area escape room, have become the first escape room workers in the world to reach an agreement for a union contract.Two years ago, the performers at the Sylmar attraction unionized wit

L.A.-Area Escape Room Becomes the First in the World with a #Union Contract

Workers at The Basement, an LA-area escape room, have become the first escape room workers in the world to reach an agreement for a union contract.

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TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY - Labor Heritage Foundation 1913: Joe Hill’s song “There Is Power In A Union” appears in “Little Red Song Book,” published by the Wobblies.1930: With the Great Depression underway, hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers demonstrated in some 30 cities and towns; close to 100,000 filled Union Square in New York City and

TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY

There Is Power In A Union, unemployed workers demonstrate, and the Lordstown wildcat strike

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#LaborHistory #Lordstown #Ohio #music #song #LaborMusic

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Politics and Prose Workers Ratify New Contract - Labor Heritage Foundation United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 members who work at Politics and Prose bookstores in Washington, D.C., voted to ratify a new union contract last week.The bargaining unit covers roughly 70 staff—including both booksellers and baristas. Highlights of the new agreement include a

Politics and Prose Workers Ratify New Contract

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 members who work at Politics and Prose bookstores in #WashingtonDC voted to ratify a new union contract last week.

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Partially overturned streetcar during the Winnipeg General Strike. By L.B. Foote - http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/photos/3044.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17911564

Today in #LaborHistory 3/6/1925: Miners #strike in Cape Breton, #Canada against British Empire Steel Corp. #police killed 1 miner. Part of Canadian Labour #Revolt (1918-1925) led by the #OneBigUnion, inspired by #IWW & by #Vancouver & #Winnipeg #GeneralStrike to replace #capitalism with #socialism.

#OtD 6 Mar 1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @IWW union's Little Red Song Book. Get it and dozens of others in this Big Red Book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...

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✊ @seiu.org President April Verrett
🎭 Noah Wyle
🎶 Sean Duffy’s Favorite labor song
📚 #LaborHistory
and more?

Listen to the #podcast any time - find it on @laborradionet.bsky.social!

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