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May 17, 2012
 Join the New York Labor History Association for Two Screenings of
Schmatta – Rags to Riches to Rags
HBO documentary on NYC’s “rag” trade, past & present
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FIRST SCREENING: Thursday, May 3, 6–8:30 pm at F.I.T.
Screening followed by discussion with
-Filmmaker Marc Levin
-F.I.T. professor Dan Levinson Wilk
-Immigrant rights activist May Chen
-Workers United Sec’y-Treas. Edgar Romney
-Workers United Local 10 leader Joe Raico.
FREE!
WHERE: Fashion Institute of Technology, “A” Bldg. cafeteria, West 27 St. just east of 8th Av., NYC.
Co-sponsored by United College Employees of F.I.T., Educators Chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee; Gotham Center (CUNY), & the Frances Perkins Forum (Adelphi).
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SECOND SCREENING: Thursday May 17th 6 – 9pm at NYU
Screening followed by discussion with
-Filmmaker Marc Levin
-Labor historian Robert Parmet (York College/CUNY)
-Workers United Local 10 leader Joe Raico
FREE!
WHERE: New York University’s King Juan Carlos Center screening room 53 Washington Square South
Co-sponsored by LaborArts.org; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, NYU; Educators Chapter of the Jewish Labor Committee; United Federation of Teachers’ Jewish Heritage Committee; Gotham Center (CUNY); and Frances Perkins Forum (Adelphi)
Light refreshments served.
Information at info@laborarts.org or 212 998-2637, and at http://www.laborarts.org/nyhlaevent
May 12, 2012
Earth Celebrations 4th Annual
Hudson River Pageant
Saturday, May 12th, 2012 1-5 PM
Downtown Section of the Hudson River Park
New York City
An ecological parade and performance art event with spectacular costumes and giant puppets to restore the Hudson River and address climate change.
More info at http://www.earthcelebrations.com/
May 6, 2012
What is NAOSH Week?
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, or NAOSH Week, occurs every year during the first full week of May. NAOSH Week is intended to raise awareness about occupational safety, health and the environment. The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) joined with the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) in 2002 to raise the public’s awareness of occupational safety, health and the environment in North America during NAOSH Week. This is just one tool the 100-year-old ASSE and its 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members use throughout the year to promote occupational safety aimed at preventing injuries and illnesses. Several organizations representing thousands of businesses have partnered with ASSE and CSSE to support NAOSH Week, including U.S. federal agencies such as the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to reach millions of people around the globe on the importance of being safe at work.
During NAOSH Week, ASSE and CSSE members, OSHA and NAOSH partners develop and implement activities throughout North America to promote NAOSH Week. ASSE members have held fleet safety classes, ergonomic awareness events, distributed catastrophe preparedness information, distributed free teen worker safety and preventing roadway crash brochures, developed and presented teen worker safety courses, helped Habitat for Humanity, held a personal protective equipment (PPE) fashion show, donated PPE and much more. In past years, NAOSH themes have included: mining safety; transportation safety, as transportation accidents are the number one cause of on-the-job deaths; youth workplace safety; and more.
Each year ASSE urges everyone to get involved in NAOSH Week in an effort to better educate the public about the positive benefits a safe workplace provides not only for workers, but for their families, friends, businesses, their local community and the global community. In 2009, more than 4,000 people lost their lives from on-the-job injuries and never made it home. We’d like to move that number to 0.
For information about NAOSH Week 2012 events, visit the ASSE web page at http://www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh/.
Procession in memory of victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
TRIANGLE: REMEMBERING THE FIRE
An HBO Documentary
WHEN: Sunday, May 6th at 12:45 pm
WHERE: WORKERS UNITED FILM FESTIVAL: NYIT Auditorium, Broadway at 61st Street
A portion of the proceeds from this special screening of the HBO documentary Triangle:Remembering the Fire will be donated to the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition!
The documentary is of one of dozens of films being shown this weekend — May 4-6 — that highlight workers and labor issues.
For more on the film festival, see http://www.workersunitefilmfestival.org/
For more on the HBO documentary, see http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/triangle-remembering-the-fire/index.html
May 4, 2012
NYC Celebrates Global Labor Solidarity!
MAY 4th, 5th & 6th, 2012
WORKERS UNITE FILM FESTIVAL
NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
1871 Broadway (at 61st – just north of Columbus Circle)
The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity.
The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice.
FOR FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AND MORE INFORMATION SEE
http://www.workersunitefilmfestival.org/
The History of Maine Labor Mural by Judy Taylor
An Exhibit at the Everett Mill
15 Union Street, Lawrence, MA
Now through May 6, 2012
The exhibit of The History of Maine Labor Mural by Judy Taylor brings to Lawrence a set of images that now stands at the forefront of the discussion of 20th and 21st century public art and visual culture. In March 2011, the mural was removed from the lobby of the Maine Department of Labor at the order of Governor Paul LePage. The artist and the curator Nancy Nesvet produced life-size reproductions of the eleven panels of the mural for this traveling exhibit. The themes depicted in the mural and the exhibit texts are closely related to the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence as well as later labor struggles.
Exhibit Hours: Tuesdays to Sundays, 11:00 a.m.to 3:00 p.m.
For further information, contact Jurg Siegenthaler at 301-233-9653 or jsieg@american.edu.
The exhibit is sponsored by the Rosman Family Fund/ECCF; the Art, Labor, Education Institute; theLawrenceHistoryCenter; and the Bread & Roses Centennial Committee.
More info at http://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/node/19750
MAY DAY 2012 — a/k/a International Workers’ Day — is Tuesday, May 1st.
Turn out for the big rally in Union Square in solidarity with labor unions, immigrant justice coalition, students, artists, activists, and faith & community groups. See you there! http://www.facebook.com/NYCCLC WWW.MAYDAYSOLIDARITY2012.ORG
April 28, 2012
WHAT: Unite Against the War on Women March & Rally
WHEN: Saturday, April 28, 2012
REGISTER: 11:00 AM – Noon at NYU’s Brown Building (the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory site), 23-29 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003 (between Greene Street and Washington Square East)
MARCH: 12:00 – 1:00 PM From the Brown Building down Broadway to Foley Square/Thomas Paine Park
RALLY: 1:00 – 4:00 PM at Foley Square/Thomas Paine Park (between County Court House, Worth St, Pearl St, and Centre St)
WHO: The event is free and open to the public
RSVP and more info at http://unitewomenny.org/
 
 For Symposium schedule and more information, please see http://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/node/19230
 ITALICS
The Italian American Magazine
Hosted by Cav. Anthony J. Tamburri
WHEN:
Saturday, April 28th, 8pm
Sunday, April 29th, 10am
STATION:
CUNY-TV (Ch.75) and RCN (Ch.77) in NYC
ON THIS MONTH’S EPISODE:
*The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition at the 101st Commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. On Saturday, March 25, 1911, the Triangle fire occurred, killing 146 people, mostly young immigrant women, working as seamstresses at the Asch, now Brown Building, in Greenwich Village, New York. The Triangle Fire is still one of the worst industrial accidents in the history of both the City and the Nation. From its ashes, a Watershed Moment in American History arose in both legislation and regulation of worker’s rights and workplace safety. In 2008, in anticipation of the Centennial observance of the Triangle Fire, a grass roots group, the Remember The Triangle Fire Coalition, was formed. The Coalition’s original mission was to foster public awareness of the Triangle Fire, its historical importance, and the creation of a Permanent Memorial dedicated to its victims. The 2012 Centennial was such an overwhelming success, that this year, the Coalition announced both the creation of a new Open Museum, culled from its ever-growing Archive of artifacts and items donated by family members and the general public, and the continuing efforts towards the design and creation of the Permanent Memorial dedicated to the victims of the Triangle Fire.
*Also, the National Italian American Foundation’s annual East Coast Gala Dinner 2012, held in New York City at Cipriani’s on 42nd Street. Based in Washington DC, The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is the nation’s primary voice lobbying for issues of importance to the Italian American Community. NIAF’s East Coast Gala brought out a large turnout from the Public, with over 700 people joining in celebration of their heritage and culture with luminaries from all walks of life including; Business, Politics, Entertainment, and Academia. Those chosen by NIAF to be honored for their individual contributions and achievements this year included; Financial Journalist Maria Bartiromo, Academy Award Nominated Actor/Writer Chazz Palminteri, Arthur Certosimo, Sr. Executive V.P. at Mellon BNY, Dr. Donna Rapaccioli, Dean of The Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, and Frank D’Amelio, Chief Financial Officer of Pfizer, Inc.
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The John D.Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, is a university-wide research institute of the City University of New York, dedicated to the history and culture of Italians in the United States. For more information see http://calandra.i-italy.org/
April 3, 2012
Perpetual Revolution: Creating Space for Dialogue through Public Projects
Ruth Sergel and Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani in conversation
WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm.
WHERE: Columbia University, International Affairs Building, Room 801. 420 W. 118th Street, 8th floor.
WHO: Artist + agitator Ruth Sergel and curator and professor of Urban Studies Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani talk about memory, the personal, political and historical legacies of place, and the importance of community collaborations in their work.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Gabrielle is the co-founder of the interdisciplinary practice on place and dialogue, Buscada, through which she creates projects, such as the Triangle Open Archive and Museum, that engender dialogue between communities, individuals and disciplines to explore critical questions of place and visual urbanism. Ruth is the founder of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, which united over 250 partners nationwide to create the March 2011 centennial commemoration. She also co-founded Voices of 9.11, which recorded over 500 video testimonies and has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the New York Historical Society and the Theatre de la Ville (Paris).
SPONSORS: This talk is part of the “Oral History Workshop Public Lecture Series,” co-sponsored by the Columbia Center for Oral History (CCOH), and the Oral History Master of Arts Program (OHMA). OHMA is supported by the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP).
More info here.
April 1, 2012
The Triangle Fire Open Museum
The Triangle Fire Open Museum tells the story of the Triangle Fire and its critical significance for today through community-contributed objects and narratives. The Open Museum makes tangible the objects from the online Triangle Fire Open Archive, in locations across the city that critically connect to issues including immigrant, women’s and labor rights.
A treasure hunt in locations throughout the city – for more information + a map of locations :
http://rememberthetrianglefire.org/open-archive/about/
Sponsored by The New York Council for the Humanities
March 30, 2012
 One Hundred Forty-Six: A Moving Memorial to the Victims of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
MFA Thesis Concert: Work by Denise Murphy
March 30-31 at 8pm each evening
Dance Theater
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Tickets: $12 general admission; $9 seniors, students, children; $6 UNCG students with valid ID
One Hundred Forty-Six explores the March 25, 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire through dance, text, video, photography and original music. The movement, generated by Murphy and cast members, evokes images of textile work, individual workers and their relationships, as well as the fire.
The performance of this work coincides with Women’s History month and the 101st anniversary of the fire.
More information and tickets:
http://performingarts.uncg.edu/event/mfa-thesis-concert-work-denise-murphy
March 29, 2012
Reading the Open Archive
Contemporary scholars read objects from the Triangle Fire Open Archive to understand the significant connections to today’s political climate and labor struggles.
THURSDAY, March 29, 2012, 6-8pm
Calandra Institute, CUNY
25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor
Panelists:
Laura Y. Liu, The New School
Andrew Dolkart, Columbia University
Mary Anne Trasciatti, Hofstra University
Sponsored by The New York Council for the Humanities
March 28, 2012
Monument Dedication for the Victims of the Triangle Factory Fire Buried at Calvary Cemetery
March 28, 2012, 2:30pm
Second Calvary Cemetery
Section 40, Range 17, Plot C, Grave 14
58th St. bet. Queens Blvd. & BQE
Woodside, Queens
For more information:
(718) 786-8002 or serfmalteseesq1@verizon.net.
Sponsored by Triangle Fire Memorial Association Inc.
March 27, 2012
 On Tuesday, March 27th, the award-winning PBS series AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents a rebroadcast of the one-hour film TRIANGLE FIRE, by Jamila Wignot.
For complete information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/
In NYC, the program will be aired at 9PM EST on Channel 13.
(All other areas, check local listings)
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