Registration is now open for the 2022 Labor Notes Conference. WHEN: Friday, June 17, 9 a.m. - Sunday, June 19, 3 p.m. CDT WHERE: Hyatt Regency O’Hare at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport The Labor Notes Conference is the biggest gathering out there of grassroots union activists, worker center leaders, and all-around troublemakers. Join thousands of union… Read More »2022 Labor Notes Conference
In 1982, a strike — involving upwards of 20,000 Chinese immigrant women workers in hundreds of garment factories in Manhattan’s Chinatown — revived the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) and turned the tide of sweatshop labor for a generation. Members of ILGWU Local 23-25 led the strike, just as their Jewish and Italian sisters… Read More »Walking Tour Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of 1982 ILGWU Strike in Chinatown, NYC
On this tour, you’ll walk the same streets as the Rogarshevsky family did in 1911 before visiting the exhibit of their recreated tenement apartment. Explore the neighborhood through their eyes as they balanced tradition, work, and fun on the Jewish Lower East Side. For more information contact the Tenement Museum, New York City at www.tenement.org
The New York Labor History Association's Bernhardt prize is an award of $1000 given for an article that furthers the understanding of the history of working people. The prize and the forum honor the vision of the late Debra E. Bernhardt, who worked in so many different realms to share the hidden histories of working people.Articles that… Read More »Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize – Call for Entries
In commemoration of the 1982 Garment Workers Strike in NYC and in recognition of Labor Day, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to join a virtual panel discussion to reflect on this historic event. More information below. This event is free. Visit the Museum of Chinese in America to register. Visit… Read More »MOCA TALKS: Reflections on the 1982 Garment Workers Strike