1869 - - - - - 1928
Co-Founder and General Secretary-Treasurer,
International Workers of the World, 1905-1921
Secretary-Treasurer,
Western Federation of Miners, 1901-1906
Haywood’s visionary leadership as . . . — — Map (db m58488) HM
1828 - - - - - 1869
Born - Armagh, Pa. November 26, 1828
Died - Philadelphia, Pa. July 27, 1869
America’s First National Labor Leader.
Founder, National Union of Iron Moulders,
July 5, 1859
Founder, . . . — — Map (db m58496) HM
Columbia City attorney and banker, Gates (1893-1978) was elected State Commander of American Legion, 1931. In 1944, he led Republican Party to control of state offices and Indiana General Assembly. As Governor (1945-1949), he created state . . . — — Map (db m67886) HM
Keokuk Union Depot
1891
Burnham and Root Architects, Chicago has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m191186) HM
Lewis, the foremost National Labor leader of his time, was born near Lucas, Iowa, son of a Welsh immigrant miner. At age 16, he began work in the coal mines, and by 1906 was elected the United Mine Workers’ delegate from Lucas. Lewis rose quickly . . . — — Map (db m224576) HM
Trolley Map!
Oskaloosa & Buxton Electric Car #14
circa November 1906
High Avenue West and B Avenue
Oskaloosa & Buxton Electric Car #14
circa November 1906
This was the biggest trolley to run on this line to Beacon! . . . — — Map (db m237685) HM
This 1.2-mile section of roadbed is the most intact section of the original U.S. Highway 66 (Route 66) in Kansas. It was first paved around the turn of the century using macadam made from the waste products of the nearby mines. Prior to its . . . — — Map (db m170666) HM
Unfair labor practices and laws regularly led to strikes by area Southeast Kansas coal miners. In an act of solidarity with their loved ones, from December 12-14, 1921, thousands of mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts made national headlines . . . — — Map (db m314720) HM
Mine the History! April 1, 2014
"More persons were present yesterday afternoon at the dedication of the new Miners' Hall at Franklin than probably ever assembled before in that town."
"Big Crowd at Franklin" ----Pittsburg . . . — — Map (db m314723) HM
Among the many significant European immigrants in Kansas history is Alexander Howat, President of District 14 of the United Mine Workers of America. He was chiefly responsible for the organization of a powerful and militant union membership in the . . . — — Map (db m35668) HM
Phase One: Pioneer Mining
The coal fields of Cherokee and Crawford Counties covered over 300 square miles of land, making it a prime area for coal mining. When early settlers first moved into the area in the 1800's, they were amazed to see . . . — — Map (db m35571) HM
The women’s march of 1921 epitomizes the spirit of the Kansas Balkans, an area known for its rich cultural heritage and turbulent strike-ridden history. On December 12 of that year, 3,000 (by some reports up to 6,000) women—wives and other . . . — — Map (db m35692) HM
With the discovery of coal in Cherokee and Crawford Counties in the late 1860's, thousands came to work the mines. Some came from American towns and cities but most were immigrants from Europe. Over fifty nationalities settled in this area. Many . . . — — Map (db m35522) HM
This building was completed in 1891 to serve as home for the Eudora branch of the Ancient Order of United Workers (Lodge #112). The Eudora branch of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (Doric Lodge #83) started to meet at this location in the . . . — — Map (db m76470) HM
By the mid-19th Century Newport emerged as a center of Kentucky's thriving iron and steel industry. In 1850 the Licking Rolling Mill employed 120 workers and annually transformed over 3,000 tons of pig iron into finished product.
In 1891 Joseph . . . — — Map (db m174797) HM
Mourn for the dead,
fight for the living.
An injury
to one
is an injury
to all.
Dedicated on April 29.2006
to the women and men who
have lost their
lives on the job. — — Map (db m89392)
Company town of Kentucky’s only Portland cement manufacturer. Philadelphia industrialist Samuel Horner Jr. developed housing for white and black workers of his Kosmos Portland Cement Co. in rural Jefferson County. A rail station, post office, . . . — — Map (db m161670) HM
(By Dave Schroeder.) Ludlow became a railroad town and grew prosperous. The economic depression of 1893, however, brought much if this prosperity to a halt. Two of Ludlow’s biggest employers were the Southern Railroad and the Pullman Car Repair . . . — — Map (db m180727) HM
Union labor helped build Paducah, including the flood wall on which this mural appears. Unions in construction, business, industry and government helped create a large middle class in Western KY especially after World War II. The region's earliest . . . — — Map (db m48502) HM
(Side One)
Farmers throughout Western Ky. and northern Tn. gathered in Guthrie on Sept. 24, 1904, in response to the tobacco growers' economic hardship. Five thousand farmers participated in the formation of a cooperative to pool their crops in . . . — — Map (db m103550) HM
At this site, on July 7, 1912, a violent confrontation occurred between the Galloway Lumber Company and the Brotherhood of Timber Workers. The riot left 4 men dead and an estimated 50 men wounded. It was the defining event in the attempt to . . . — — Map (db m125227) HM
The gun battle known as the Grabow (or Graybow) Riot marked the violent culmination of the growing animosity between the Brotherhood of Timber Workers (BTW) and the Southern Lumber Operators'
Association (SLOA). News of the shootout spread . . . — — Map (db m229092) HM
Norman Brownlee (1896-1967), pianist, bandleader, instrument salesman, & Musicians’ Union official, lived here at 407 Delaronde Street from 1912 until 1922. He led his own Brownlee’s Orchestra from 1920 to 1930, which included Emmet Hardy, Arthur . . . — — Map (db m162898) HM
Sarah Fairfield Hamilton was a founder of the local chapter of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, and led that organization to create Saco's first kindergarten, a nursery for mill workers' children, summer park programs and other . . . — — Map (db m55721) HM
African Americans played a huge role in Baltimore's maritime history. Ship caulking (a process of air tightening ships using oakum) between 1838-1858 was considered primarily an African American trade. These Caulkers lived in Fells Point earning . . . — — Map (db m270137) HM
Ship owner Isaac McKim built a house here in 1808. St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church bought the property in 1879 and built a large social hall beside the house, naming the complex Carroll Hall. Parish societies used the hall, but high rental . . . — — Map (db m102326) HM
African Americans played an integral role in American railroading from its inception. Slaves, and later freedmen, helped construct many of America's early southern railroads. By 1859, Baltimore had one of the highest populations of free African . . . — — Map (db m135950) HM
People also flow like rivers.
In the 1930s through 1960s as the work in the coal fields of West Virginia dried up, migrant workers from the Appalachian mountains began to arrive in Baltimore, seeking jobs in the booming factories. This . . . — — Map (db m265740) HM
The first national strike began July 16, 1877, with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Baltimore Maryland. It spread across the nation halting rail traffic and closing factories in reaction to widespread worker . . . — — Map (db m63862) HM
In tribute to the members of Local 2609 U.S.W.A. that proudly served in the Armed Forces of our country in time of peace and war — — Map (db m212910) WM
On April 7, 1970, 139 employees of the Garrett County Roads Department went on strike asking the Garrett County Commissioners to recognize their affiliation with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). After months . . . — — Map (db m235204) HM
As a labor organizer, civic leader, political activist, and small business owner, Gene led a life dedicated to family, community, and public service. He served in many roles working to promote positive community change, including Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m225758) HM
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones, the legendary labor organizer, spent a life fighting for unions and the rights of workers. She died at the Burgess Farm near here on November 30, 1930, aged 100 years. — — Map (db m61188) HM
From April 6, through May 10, 1938, 600 crab pickers, predominantly Black women, went on strike from Crisfield's packing houses, protesting wage cuts and demanding union recognition. Shiloh United Methodist Church was a meeting place for the . . . — — Map (db m258531) HM
Fall River Line (1847-1937) origins can be traced back to Colonel Richard Borden, a Fall River businessman who found his fortune in the iron and textile industries. He operated steamboats between Fall River and Providence as early as 1827. . . . — — Map (db m312947) HM
On this site in 1936, Cape Verdean and Portuguese dockworkers formed Locals 1413 and 1465 of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA). Prior to organizing, these dockworkers were chosen daily, based only on their physical ability, and had . . . — — Map (db m1614) HM
This hand sculptured bronze relief, mounted into this 30,000 pound basalt boulder, commemorates the Great Lawrence Textile Strike of January 12, 1912. This globally known strike became a pivotal point in U.S. Labor history. It was here, on this . . . — — Map (db m288155) HM
This sculpture is a tribute to Lowell's nineteenth century "mill girls". The intertwined figures also represent the struggles and aspirations of all women throughout time — — Map (db m66208) HM
Irish laborers were vital in digging and maintaining the canals. The mills required a smooth and even flow of water to ensure efficiency and profit.
Before 1850, Yankee mill managers considered Irishmen fit to dig canals and construct mills, . . . — — Map (db m66056) HM
In 1821 Hugh Commisky led a band of laborers on a trek from Charlestown to Lowell. With muscle and sweat they dredged canals in the soil of rugged farmland. As others joined in their toil a complex waterpower system evolved, creating a new era of . . . — — Map (db m1620) HM
Marlborough's “Great Shoe Strike” was a battle that had serious negative impact on the city for decades, resulting in personal and business bankruptcies, losses in revenue, purchasing
power and credit, plummeting property values, and home . . . — — Map (db m260486) HM
The International
H. C. B. and C.
Laborer's Union
of America
to
D. D'Alessandro
[Bronze bas-relief panels]
Domenico D’Alessandro
International H. C. B. and C.
Laborer's Union of America [seal]
Labor omnia vincit ["Work conquers . . . — — Map (db m119230) HM
Boston Firefighter Engine 21 for 43 years 1968-2012
Local 718 President 1976-1978, 1982-1985
IAFF 3rd District Vice President for 32 years 1984-2016
Veteran US Navy
Mike Mullane was a firefighter and labor leader who cared deeply about . . . — — Map (db m264426) HM
When Bay City's sawmills opened in 1885, mill owners notified workers that wages would be 12 to 25 percent lower than in 1884. On July 6, 1885, Bay City millhands began to walk off the job. Their slogan, "Ten Hours or No Sawdust," represented their . . . — — Map (db m162453) HM
W.D. Robinson •
J. C. (Yankee) Thompson •
Sam Keith •
Linus Keith •
Tommy Nixon •
Sam Amlar •
Tom Faulkner •
John Brown •
Henry Larthrop •
Henry Hall •
John McCurdy •
Uriah Stevens
History of The Brotherhood of Locomotive . . . — — Map (db m216517) HM
In April 1863 a meeting held here at the home of Jared C. Thompson led directly to the organization of the Brotherhood of the Footboard. Under the leadership of Marshall’s William D. Robinson, founder and first Grand Chief Engineer, 54 locals were . . . — — Map (db m177181) HM
The Village of Mackinaw City, Michigan dedicates this monument to Ironworkers of North America and the men that built the Mackinac Bridge. The Ironworker profession is an honorable and proud group of craftsmen that have "Built the World" with their . . . — — Map (db m214024) HM
Mackinaw Bridge Museum J.C. Stilwell, Founder, 1980 Ironworker — Locals #340 & #25.
In Memory of the courageous members of Organized Labor who lost their lives in the hazardous fight against the elements during the construction of the Mackinac . . . — — Map (db m254563) HM
1954 – 1958
State of Michigan
Hon. G. Mennen Williams · Governor
Mackinac Bridge Authority
Prentiss M. Brown · Chairman
Charles T. Fisher, Jr. · Deceased;
George A. Osborn
Mead L. Bricker; Murray D. Van Wagoner
William J. . . . — — Map (db m1995) HM
They didn't know what would happen.
Workers' wives, girlfriends, and mothers supported the strikers during the Flint Sit-Down Strike. The Women's Emergency Brigade was formed after a street dance December 31, 1936 in front of the Fisher Body . . . — — Map (db m180539) HM
Flint Industry From 1910 through the 1980s, automobile and parts manufacturing dominated Flint industry. Like the saw and flour mills that preceded them, the factories were centered west of downtown in the Flint River valley. Industry began . . . — — Map (db m180537) HM
Parsons, a labor organizer known as a powerful writer and
speaker, focused on class struggles. She said the strike
of the future is not to strike, go out and starve, but remain in
and take possession of the property of production. This
tactic . . . — — Map (db m218746) HM
In January of 1987 Director Stan Marshall, Assistant Direction Ruben Burks and Secretary Bettye Cunningham began preparations for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Flint Sitdown Stoke. With the goal of recording their memories of the event, . . . — — Map (db m218719) HM
It is a pivotal event in American labor history. On December 30, 1936, workers sat down on assembly lines in Flint, including the Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants here across Chevrolet Avenue. Their strike was intended to improve working . . . — — Map (db m180549) HM
On February 1, 1937, the wave of sit-down strikes against General Motors broadened as Chevrolet Plant No. 4 was seized. The United Auto Workers’ strategy was a diversionary strike at the nearby Plant No. 9 to draw company personnel to that point . . . — — Map (db m180550) HM
Starting December 30, 1936, this building was occupied for forty-four days by striking members of the United Auto Workers. The strikers, acting in concert with other plants that were closed or to be closed by sit-downs, asked for recognition of the . . . — — Map (db m178335) HM
Labor history was made when the UAW won recognition from General Motors on
February 11, 1937 Recognition did not come easily. The 44 day Sitdown Strike took
place during a bitterly cold Flint winter. At one point, heat was turned off in . . . — — Map (db m218750) HM
The Italian Hall. The building that stood on this site was called the Italian Hall, and was home to the Societa Mutua Beneficenza Italiana, which aided immigrants and others in need. Built in 1908, the hall housed a saloon and an . . . — — Map (db m76300) HM
As the labor movement spread across Michigan in the 1930s, workers in Lansing organized. After a successful strike at REO Motor Car Company ended in April 1937, the Amalgamated United Auto Workers Local 182 began recruiting new members from small . . . — — Map (db m104288) HM
Following Flint's example, Lansing Amalgamated United Auto Workers Local 182 concluded a successful sit-down strike at Reo in April 1937. A subsequent effort to organize Capital City Wrecking Company resulted in the firing of workers, picket lines . . . — — Map (db m104154) HM
Walter Reuther was a skilled die maker in Ford auto plants. Following a family heritage of labor and political activism, he joined the young United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1936 and quickly emerged as a leader. He gained national attention in May 1937 . . . — — Map (db m103708) HM
When the furniture factory whistles blew on April 19, 1911, more than 6,000 cabinet workers, wood carvers, varnishers, upholsterers and less skilled workers doffed their work aprons, laid down their tools and walked away from their work benches . . . — — Map (db m252964) HM
Before the existence of Kensington Metropark, Detroit journalist, poet and labor leader Jo Labadie chose this site to get away from the "noise and hurry-up of the big town." He and his wife built a house, barn, printshop, and henhouse. Because of . . . — — Map (db m185009) HM
In memory of those who lost their lives building the bridge:
1. Albert B. Abbott-
Laborer
2. Jack C. Baker-
Ironworker
3. Robert Koppen-
Ironworker
4. James R. LeSarge-
Ironworker
5. Frank Pepper-Diver
Local Unions that built . . . — — Map (db m214026) HM
Various underground mining occupations included trammers, teamsters, drilling teams, blasters and at the very top “miner.” Ore extraction in the 1870's was pure manual labor. The ore was broken from the surface with picks, sledge . . . — — Map (db m154326) HM
In spring 1937, the eyes of the nation were on Monroe. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had organized a handful of workers at Republic’s Newton facility. On June 10, about 120 pickets confronted over 1,000 non-unionized workers and . . . — — Map (db m67513) HM
They stood together through good times and bad, and the members of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Local 594 in Pontiac built GMC Truck's reputation for fine trucks, coaches and military vehicles. Born in 1938 from worker discontent, Local 594 . . . — — Map (db m174276) HM
They built this city.
An exodus of people left southern America for the north in the early 20th Century, attracted by the explosive growth in the automobile industry. Many cam to Pontiac for jobs in the auto plants, and many others brought . . . — — Map (db m175586) HM
August “Gus” Scholle then president of the Michigan AFL-CIO, was troubled by the fact that his Oakland County State Senate District in 1958 held more than 12 times the number of persons than an outstate district — yet each district elected one . . . — — Map (db m205909) HM
Pontiac was the world's capital of coach manufacturing and United Automobile Workers (UAW) Local 594 was the largest truck and coach union local in the world. General Motors (GM) began building coaches in Pontiac as early as 1928 and Local 594 . . . — — Map (db m174277) HM
Willow Run (1941-1953). After entering World War II in 1941, America desperately needed military equipment and supplies. The Ford Motor Company had begun building this factory in April 1941. Outstanding industrial architect Albert Kahn . . . — — Map (db m14296) HM
On March 7, 1932, in the midst of the Depression, unemployed autoworkers. their families and union organizers braved bitter cold temperatures and gathered at this bridge, intent on marching to the Ford Rouge Plant and presenting a list of demands to . . . — — Map (db m176750) HM
Thousands of unemployed auto workers and union organizers gathered
in bitter cold on March 7, 1932 near the Fort Street Bridge, in the despair of the Great Depression. They intended to march to the Ford Rouge Plant, to present to Henry Ford . . . — — Map (db m176754) HM
Conditions were ripe for the rise of unionism
in the Depression-ravaged 1930s. Ford Motor Company was the last of the "Big Three" to unionize. The turning point came on May 26, 1937, when Ford security men brutally beat UAW organizers at . . . — — Map (db m120446) HM
A group portrait of the Ford
negotiating team in Washington D.C.
June 1941. Ford's first collective
bargaining agreement with the United
Auto Workers was considered to be
groundbreaking because it explicitly
prohibited discrimination based . . . — — Map (db m165391) HM
In the midst of the Depression,
unemployed autoworkers, their
families and union organizers staged a
"Hunger March” down Miller Road
demanding job and benefits from
Henry Ford. The event turned violent
when marchers clashed with . . . — — Map (db m165400) HM
The pedestrian bridge is where the
famous 1937 "Battle of the Overpass"
occurred but it's also renowned for
being the well-traveled entry to the
Rouge Complex. The Miller Road
Overpass has been the main gateway
for autoworkers since 1923 . . . — — Map (db m165392) HM
Left to right from center of picture
are UAW-CIO officials: Robert Kanter,
Walter Reuther, Richard T. Prankensteen,
and J.J. Kennedy.
On May 26, 1937, Walter Reuther and three
fellow union organizers attempted to
enter The Rouge via the . . . — — Map (db m165396) HM
United Auto Workers distributing
flyers at the Rouge's Miller Road
Overpass in the late 1930s. a new era
in labor relations began in 1941,
when Ford and the UAW signed their
groundbreaking labor agreement. — — Map (db m165394) HM
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
In 1824 the Reverend Richard Cadle led
the founding of St. Paul's Church, the
first Episcopal church in Michigan. St.
Paul's purchased property here in 1892,
and construction of this Gothic Revival style . . . — — Map (db m228742) HM
March On It was March of 1932, the depths of depression, and thousands of souls, women and men, young and old, crossed the bridge and braved the cold, to deliver a list of fourteen demands, to the Rouge plant, just up the road. It was a bitter . . . — — Map (db m189487) HM
Approximately 3,000 unemployed workers and labor activists marched from Oakwood to the Ford Employment Office, intent on delivering demands for better working conditions. When the group met resistance from Dearborn Police, five men were killed. . . . — — Map (db m189493) HM
The town gained a new venue for public events in 1873 with the opening of Arbeiter Hall. The local Arbeiterverein, or Workers' Association, organized in 1871, primarily as a workers' insurance association. The two-story brick building had a . . . — — Map (db m67093) HM
The City of Minneapolis was incorporated in 1855, soon after the first bridge opened across the Mississippi. Its two main thoroughfares, Hennepin and Nicollet Avenues, met at Bridge Square. That area quickly became the commercial center of a town . . . — — Map (db m231722) HM
The red brick building at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street was one of many factories that supplied the barrels used for flour. Called coopers, the skilled workers who made barrels pioneered a new role for labor in Minneapolis. When their . . . — — Map (db m44523) HM
For nearly 100 years, this site was the location of a farm implements production facility. In 1873, a group of businessmen that included Dorilus Morrison, Minneapolis' first mayor, established Minneapolis Harvester Works. In 1880, the . . . — — Map (db m156974) HM
On this site, 20 July 1934, 67 unarmed workers were shot by police during the strike by Teamsters Local 574.
[Captions:]
Bloody Friday; the police decoy truck with strikers ambushed at 3rd Street and 6th Ave. on July 20, 1934. . . . — — Map (db m261135) HM
Frank Boyd (1881-1962) helped organize the Brotherhood of Railway Sleeping Car Porters. He fought for better wages and working conditions for union workers as well as for rights for all African-Americans. Boyd insisted on the dignity of workers, . . . — — Map (db m287081) HM
"I'll be back to fight some more another day."
–C. L. Dellums, porter
A victory for Brotherhood porters was also a victory for black families. Workplace gains on the railroad allowed many families to . . . — — Map (db m257977) HM
This artwork recognizes the labor struggles of African American railroad porters. Porters served white passengers on luxury train cars that crisscrossed America from the late-1800s to the mid-1960s. Despite racial insults, low pay and hard . . . — — Map (db m241990) HM
The majority of employees in the Saint Paul Plant worked in the factories and received hourly pay. The company sought to offer competitive wages and working conditions comparable to other companies and factories in the area.
Before the . . . — — Map (db m175398) HM
Tunnels to the Prairie
Railroad tunnels are a rare sight in Minnesota. But here at Westminster Junction, the history of St. Paul and the topography of the Mississippi River valley resulted in the construction of not one, but . . . — — Map (db m259558) HM
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