Organized and presented by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the AFI Silver, this annual series features a wide-ranging selection of films about work, workers and the wider issues affecting workers’ lives. Tickets and more information at www.laborheritage.org
Honoring unsung activists, women who have been working for the larger good all their lives, in the tradition of those who sparked so many reforms in the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Monday May 13, 4-5:30pm Museum of the City of New York1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd StreetNew York, NY In person and… Read More »Clara Lemlich Awards
NEW YORK CITY CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, AFL-CIO ANNUAL AWARDS RECEPTION Honoring: Manny Pastreich, President32BJ SEIU Jonathan Smith, PresidentNY Metro Area Postal Union, APWU Worker's Justice Project **************** Tuesday, May 14th 6:00PM - 8:00PM HOTEL EVENTI851 6th AVENUE, 3d FloorNEW YORK, NY 10001 For more information, call (212) 604-9552 or email events@nycclc.org
La Mama Moves Festival Presents “Listen to Your Mother” (World Premiere) by Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama May 16th -19th, 2024 @ La Mama, NYC Director & Choreographer: Anabella Lenzu Technology Advisor/ Video Art Design & Sound Landscape: Todd Carroll Text: Anabella Lenzu & Jerzy Grotowski. Drawings: Anabella Lenzu Performers: Anabella Lenzu & Fiamma Lenzu-Carroll Additional Choreography: Isadora… Read More »Dance Project: Listen to Your Mother
The New York Labor History Association PresentsA Free Online Program: NEW TRENDS IN ORGANIZING DATE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2024 TIME: 7:00PM-8:30PM (ET) PLACE: ZOOM REGISTER at: DebBergen514@gmail.com Panelists: Ellen Cassedy, Founder and Leader, 9 to 5 Movement Prof. Eric Blanc, Rutgers University, Asst. Prof. of Labor Studies Patrick Cate, National Organizing Coordinator, EWOC More information at… Read More »Panel: NEW TRENDS IN ORGANIZING
NY Metro Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program will present the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award to civil rights icon Dr. Evelyn Jones Rich on June 13, 2024 WHENJune 13, 2024 at 6:00pm - 8:30pmDoors open at 6pm, Program begins at 6:30pmWHEREJudson Church: 55 Washington Square South (3rd Floor Meeting Room) NYC - Map… Read More »PNHP’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Evie Rich
Path Home Project presents a discussion about the old ILGWU's philosophy of social unionism as applied to issues of affordable housing and immigration advocacy! How can labor history inform present struggles? Join us for a light lunch, short film screenings, and discussion on these important topics! DATE: Monday, June 17, 2024TIME: 11amPLACE: CUNY SLU, 25 West… Read More »Workshop: Affordable Housing and Immigration Advocacy
Cornell University, ILR School216 Ives HallIthaca, NY 14853 Now through Dec. 31, 2024 Frances Perkins, who left her progressive mark on New York City, New York state, and the nation, is the subject of an exhibit at Cornell University's ILR School, where she served on the faculty until she died at age 85 in 1965.… Read More »Exhibit: Frances Perkins and the New Deal
NYS Workers’ Compensation Boardpresents aWorker Safety WebinarMonday, August 12, 202412:00pm to 1:00pm Register at www.wcb.ny.gov
Feminists Fight Fossil Fuels March When: Sunday, August 25th at 2pm Location: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial, 23 Washington Pl, New York, 10003 The Action In 1911, 146 garment workers — the majority immigrant women and girls — died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. They died because of callous corporate greed and business owners who… Read More »Feminists Fight Fossil Fuels March
40th Annual Bread & Roses Heritage Festival Labor Day, September 2nd Lawrence, MA! Celebrating Lawrence's rich history of labor rights, culture, and community with music, food, art, and more More information at www.breadandrosesheritage.org
Hudson River Museum511 Warburton AvenueYonkers, NY 10701 Experience the altered and uninhabited clothing in No Bodies, which challenges our perceptions of materiality, cultural identity, relationships, political beliefs, and portraiture itself. On view through January 26, 2025. More information at www.hrm.org
