Nation's oldest popular labor history society, devoted to Illinois worker history. The Illinois Labor History Society (ILHS) was formed on August 5, 1969 in the office of the late Joseph M.
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Jacobs, attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union, Meatcutters, and other labor organizations.
Jacobs, attorney for the Chicago Teachers Union, Meatcutters, and other labor organizations.
Operating as usual
November 3 - The Greensboro Massacre
On this day in Labor History the year was 1979. That was the day that became known as the Greensboro massacre. Members of the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi party shot and killed five participants in a demonstration held by the Workers Viewpoint Organizat...
Election eve message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Americans should vote for Joe Biden because our lives are literally depending on it. Vote on Nov. 3 or, even better, mail in your ballot and stay safe. Find ...
November 2 - Sixteen Tons
On this day in Labor History the year was 1955. That was the day that the song “Sixteen Tons” first made an appearance on the Billboard country music chart. It would reach the top spot and stay there for ten weeks. Sixteen Tons told the story of the har...
Sean Connery -- he played more than James Bond.
The Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Richard Harris and Sean Connery.[2] It is based on a 1964 novel by Arthur H. Lewis.[3]
November 1 - Deadly Consequences of Scabbing
On this day in Labor History the year was 1918. That was the day that bringing in a scab driver to run an elevated train in Brooklyn, New York ended in tragedy. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were out on strike against the Brooklyn ...
music to vote by!
Friday's Labor Folklore Con Carbon, the Minstrel of the Mine Patch Women Vote! Lynn Marie Smith with the DC Labor Chorus Produced by the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) Vote Dammit! John McCutch
October 31 - Happy Union Made Halloween
On this day in Labor History ghosts and goblins are going door to door to gather up candy. But did you know that some of that candy is made by union workers? In Hershey, Pennsylvania, tagged the Sweetest place on earth you’ll find the nation’s chocolate ...
A well done essay on Dorthea Lange and the power of documentary photography.
In 1966 the Museum of Modern Art held a retrospective devoted to Dorothea Lange—its first-ever solo exhibition of work by a female photographer. Lange’s
Time to "Step it Up" -- A great song.
from the album TRICKLE-DOWN
October 30 - Wall Street Lays an Egg
On this day in Labor History the year was 1929. On that Wednesday morning, people across the United States woke up to newspaper headlines informing them that something had gone horribly wrong on Wall Street the day before. Black Tuesday, as the day came t...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Senator Tammy Duckworth -- protect workers & the economy will flourish.
Trump’s fantasy of restarting the economy to end the pandemic is exactly backward.
October 29 - Alice Doesn’t Day
On this day in Labor History the year was 1975. That was the day that the National Organization for Women, or NOW, called for a strike by women across the nation. They called the action, “Alice Doesn’t Day.” This referred to a critically acclaimed movie...
Voting patterns of people who have been marginalized.
EPI research finds that Black, Hispanic, and young workers are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 recession—facing unemployment rates far beyond what white workers and older workers are facing. The resulting economic challenges—including food insecurity and the threat of eviction, among oth...
October 28 - The Pony Express
On this day in Labor History the year was 1861. That was the day that the Pony Express made its last run and passed into legend. The mail delivery service had lasted only a year-and-a-half, until it folded under competition from the newly completed trans...
October 27 - The 1948 Donora Smog
On this day in Labor History the year was 1948. That was the day that a thick yellow fog rolled over the town of Donora, Pennsylvania just south of Pittsburgh. Donora was a mill town, nestled in a valley on the bank of the Monongahela River. By 1948, th...
October 26 - America’s Florence Nightingale
On this day in Labor History the year was 1837. That was the day that Louisa Lee Schuyler was born in New York City. She was dedicated to the causes of public health and welfare, especially for the poor. This led her to help found the Bellevue Training S...
October 25 - NY Daily News on Strike
On this day in Labor History the year was 1990. That was the day that eight of the ten unions at the New York Daily News went out on strike. The paper had had one of the highest daily circulations in the United States. The New York Daily News was owned b...
October 24 - Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight Hours for What We Will!
On this day in Labor History the year was 1940. That was the day that the federally mandated 40-hour work week went into effect for U.S. workers. The 40-hour week had been passed as part of Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. Making five days of eight hou...
October 23 - A New Voice for Labor
On this day in Labor History the year was 1995. That was the day that the AFL-CIO Convention convened in New York City. At the convention John Sweeney was elected president of the federation. It was the first contested election for president in AFL-CIO ...
October 22 - Pretty Boy Floyd is Gunned Down
On this day in Labor History the year was 1934. That as the day that the bank robber known as Pretty Boy Floyd was gunned down by federal agents in Ohio. He was born Charles Arthur Floyd in 1904 in Georgia. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was a boy...
A CEO speaks - we need labor law reform!
When unions are weak, income inequality skyrockets. That's why Congress should make it easier for workers to organize.
October 21 - Through Rain, Sleet, Snow and Terrorism
On this day in Labor History the year was 2001. That was the day that Thomas Morris Jr. died from breathing in anthrax. A week earlier he had been exposed to the deadly poison when an envelope containing the powdery substance was opened at the mail distr...
October 20 - Remembering Debs
On this day in Labor History the year was 1926. That was the day that one of the great labor leaders in U.S. history, Eugene V. Debs, died in Elmhurst, Illinois. In 1894, Debs gained national attention when his American Railway Union launched a boycott i...
October 19 -Tragedy on the Tracks
On this day in Labor History the year was 2013. That was the day that two workers on California’s Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART as it is more commonly called, were struck and killed by a train. Christopher Sheppard was a BART track engineer. Laurence D...
October 18 - The Voice of an Era
On this day in Labor History the year was 1945. That was the day that Paul Robeson received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. The award was given annually to the African American with the “highest achievement.” Robeson certainly fit that criteria. He ...
October 17 - Fighting to End Poverty
On this day in Labor History the year was 1987. That was the day that more than 100,000 people gathered in Paris to stand up against poverty and hunger. The gathering was inspired by Father Joseph Wresinski, a French Catholic Priest. He founded the All T...
Review: Forty Years of Working-Class Films
If you search for films about labor, one makes every list: Norma Rae. This most iconic of union movies was a critical and box office smash when it came out in 1979, the same year Labor Notes published its first issue. At that moment, when more Americans than ever before were union members, it wasn.....
October 16 - Thank a Farmer
On this day in Labor History the year was 1979. That was the day that the United Nation’s established the idea of holding an annual “World Food Day.” The aim of the day is to bring global attention to the problem of hunger and to build international soli...
October 15 - Meager Compensation for the Loss of Life
On this day in Labor History the year was 1990. That was the day that President George H. W. Bush signed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. Worker safety at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site had been sacrificed during the Cold War era, as the United Sta...
A little history throw back -- school children reflect on the dedication of the Mother Jones Grade School in Adelphi MD in 2003.
This film celebrates the opening of Mary Harris "Mother Jones" Elementary School in Adelphi, MD, which opened on August 26, 2002. The film features footage f...
October 14 - Marching for Equality
On this day in Labor History the year was 1979. That was the day that the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights took place in Washington D.C. Estimates of marchers ranged from as few 75,000 to as many as 200,000. The year of the march w...
October 13 - We Whipped the Ivy League and You Can Too!
On this day in Labor History the year was 1985. That was the day that clerical and support staff at Columbia University went out on strike. More than 1,000 staff members were represented by United Auto Workers District 65. The workers wanted improvement...
October 12 - Workers Begin to Come Together
On this day in Labor History the year was 1845. That was the day that the first Industrial Congress of the United States met in New York. People interested in the problems facing working people—including long hours, low pay and unsafe conditions gathered ...
October 11 - Born into Privilege, But...
On this day in Labor History the year was 1874. That was the day that Mary Heaton Vorse was born in New York City. She grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts in a well-off family. She traveled across Europe with her parents, receiving her education and lear...
October 10 - With the Push of a Button, Oceans are Joined
On this day in Labor History the year was 1913. At 2:02 in the afternoon President Woodrow Wilson at the White House touched of an explosion at the Gamboa Dike in Panama. With that touch of a button the last barrier to joining the waters of the Atlantic ...
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Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge Commemoration
Today we spent the afternoon at Forest Home Cemetery. ILHS President Larry Spivack gave a tour of notable labor leaders buried there, including the Haymarket Martyrs of course, in honor and memory of Mark Rogovin. We were also there to unveil the Nina Van Zandt Spies grave marker. Mark was instrumental in locating Haymarket Martyr, August Spies’ widow, Nina and we finally have a stone for her. With additional commentary from ILHS members Bleue Benton and Julia Berkowitz.
2019 Union Hall of Honor Friday, December 6, 2019 5:00 to 6:00 pm Cocktail Hour 6:00 pm Dinner Teamsters 705 Union Hall 1645 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612 Inducting CHARLIE HAYES, UNITED PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS OF AMERICA, IRENE GOINS, WOMEN'S TRADE UNION LEAGUE, RON POWELL, UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, BOB SIMPSON, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS Guest Speaker AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride
Labor Day Kick Off with President Larry Spivack
Honoring the Martyrs’
Bucky Halker singing Union Maid with the Historical Society of Forest Park
Clarence Darrow Memorial Bridge
Keynote speech by UMWA President Cecil Roberts. With Mother Jones Lives
Speech by ILHS trustee Judy Simpson. With Mother Jones Lives
The Casa del Obrero Mundial (English: House of the World Worker) from Mexico being told the story of the Haymarket Massacre by President Larry Spivack.
Just a preview of our UHH Keynote speaker this year!
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President Larry Spivack along with Bucky Halker and Alma “Lucy Parsons” Washington put on a presentation yesterday for the Synapse School talking about Haymarket. They are on a school trip from California.
President Larry Spivack along with Bucky Halker and Alma “Lucy Parsons” Washington put on a presentation yesterday for the Synapse School talking about Haymarket. They are on a school trip from California.
President Larry Spivack along with Bucky Halker and Alma “Lucy Parsons” Washington put on a presentation yesterday for the Synapse School talking about Haymarket. They are on a school trip from California.
President Larry Spivack along with Bucky Halker and Alma “Lucy Parsons” Washington put on a presentation yesterday for the Synapse School talking about Haymarket. They are on a school trip from California.
The presentation of awards
Listen to Mother! With Mother Jones Lives
#ILHLives #MayDay2018 via ripl.com
Historical Society of Forest Park
Bucky Halker singing Solidarity Forever
Bucky Halker singing Storm the Fort, Ye Knights of Labor
Bucky Halker singing The Eight Hour Song
President Larry Spivack honoring the Martyrs Monday for the international delegation attending the Labor Notes Conference.
Our resident Lucy Parsons, Alma Washington talked to a group on a tour led by Julia Berkowitz for the Labor Notes Conference last Friday.
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National Museum of Gospel Music
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