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
[Marker Front]:
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 . . . — — 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
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 hourly . . . — — Map (db m175398) HM
The Finnish people were one of the first ethnic groups to arrive in this area in the late 1890's and early 1900's.
They built this building on this site in 1909. It was used for stage plays, dances and other social events put on for the Finnish . . . — — Map (db m5144) HM
This statue dedicated in honor of the hardrock miner, his family and those who served the Webb City District mining industry during the past century.
The Kneeling Miner, circa 1976
Jack E. Dawson [sculptor]
Originally sculpted in . . . — — Map (db m37319) HM
One wintry morning in January 1939, residents of Southeast Missouri woke to find two thousand black & white sharecroppers alongside two state highways. With them were their families and the few meager belongings that they owned.
The . . . — — Map (db m216652) HM
A Workforce Diversity Program was developed with the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists to promote the employment of female and minority workers on the project.
Negotiations were begun to relocate the National Football League Los Angeles Rams . . . — — Map (db m141884) HM
Carondelet and the Eads Ironclads
On Oct. 12, 1851, the USS Carondelet slid down the ways at James Eads' Union Iron Works in the village of Carondelet, south of St. Louis. It was the first ironclad warship built by the United States, launched . . . — — Map (db m139708) HM
Korean War US Army Veteran. Proud Pipefitter & Business Agent for Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562. Co-founder North County Labor Legislative Club, served 29 years as President. Active with political campaigns, civic endeavors, Daily World . . . — — Map (db m232220) HM
Hiram N. Holladay was the driving force behind the growth and prosperity of Old Greenville during the late 19th Century. Holladay began his working life as a teamster. In 1869, he helped to build the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis Iron Mountain . . . — — Map (db m183811) HM
Red Lodge Miner’s Local No. 1771 had grown to more than a thousand members when this labor temple was built in 1909. The United Mine Workers of America organized nationally in 1896 and by 1898, Local No. 1771 had 200 members. The building is a . . . — — Map (db m45412) HM
Sometimes called “labor’s aristocracy,” locomotive engineers were the highest paid workers on the railroad. That fact gave William Kelly, an engineer for the Milwaukee Road, the means to purchase this one-story home. In 1920 he lived here with his . . . — — Map (db m164172) HM
It took millions of miles of copper to build the telegraph, telephone, and electrical lines that transformed the United States from a collection of small, isolated communities to a cohesive, industrialized nation. Looming gallows frames and the . . . — — Map (db m128116) HM
Anaconda workers unionized early to promote their interests. The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 88 formed in Anaconda in 1889 with nine charter members. Its original bylaws committed the union to working “to replace the present . . . — — Map (db m205647) HM
Between 1880 and 1920, large-scale development of copper mining and smelting in Butte and Anaconda spurred the growth of railroads and industrialization. This, in turn, attracted thousands of workers from across the country and around the world. . . . — — Map (db m128131) HM
Built in 1890 at a cost of $23,000, this three-story building was once the social center of a bustling mining town. The first floor was constructed of native granite. The cast iron front held 6 large windows and small colored glass panes. The upper . . . — — Map (db m49628) HM
In autumn 1909, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organizers Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Jack Jones arrived in Missoula, soon followed by there comrade Frank Little. After renting space for a union hall, they took to the streets, determined to . . . — — Map (db m123336) HM
In 1896, a Union Hall was constructed here on property donated by copper magnate Marcus Daly. That building served as local headquarters for unions affiliated with Federal Union Local 83, the precursor of the building trade unions that later . . . — — Map (db m144710) HM
On May 8, 1882, the first train rumbled through Forsyth, and the growing town soon became home to many Northern Pacific Railway workers. Among them were locomotive engineers, whose skills were in high demand, particularly in the West during the . . . — — Map (db m164787) HM
Cast-iron pilasters, a metal cornice, interior hardwood paneling and a pressed metal ceiling are reminders of the varied remodelings of this early commercial building, constructed before 1884. In 1895, architect H. M. Patterson remodeled the . . . — — Map (db m184122) HM
During the annual Miners' Union Day parade on June 13, 1914, spontaneous rioting broke out and the Butte Miners' Union Hall was ransacked. The Butte miners quickly voted to secede from Butte Miners' Union No. 1 of the Western Federation of Miners . . . — — Map (db m184879) HM
It took millions of miles of copper to build the telegraph, telephone, and electrical lines that transformed the United States from a collection of small, isolated communities to a cohesive, industrialized nation. Looming gallows frames and the . . . — — Map (db m128045) HM
Butte-Anaconda Walkerville
Has been designated a National Historic Landmark
Atop the “Richest Hill on Earth,” Walkerville was the birthplace of Butte-Anaconda Mining. It was the site of the district’s first mines, and the . . . — — Map (db m128051) HM
Butte’s reputation as the “Gibraltar of Unionism” in the Rocky Mountains was further strengthened with the construction of this finely appointed Renaissance Revival style labor temple, one of the first built in the United States. The Butte . . . — — Map (db m184314) HM
Paired Ionic columns support a classical one-story porch while the parapet atop the curved two-story bay window evokes the image of a medieval castle. Kitty Paxson and her husband, pharmacist Robert Paxson, lived in the elegant brick residence in . . . — — Map (db m184626) HM
Noted architect William White designed this majestic, multi-gabled church of stone and brick, built at a cost of $10,000 in 1899. Gothic lancet windows, stained glass, Romanesque arches, and wood tracery in the gable windows showcase White’s . . . — — Map (db m185411) HM
In June of 1917 a strike broke out in the aftermath of the deadly Speculator Mine disaster where 164 lives were lost. Frank Little, one of the "toughest, most courageous and impulsive" leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World came to Butte to . . . — — Map (db m234841) HM
The American Railway Union, led by Eugene Debs, went on strike against the Pullmans Works of Chicago in June of 1894. Railroad workers throughout America showed their support for the strike by refusing to handle any Pullman cars. Troops from Fort . . . — — Map (db m166384) HM
This monument, titled Labor, is a salute to the dedication and hard work of all those who built the grand city of Omaha. It is a tribute to the men and women who worked for and continue to forge a better life for themselves, their families . . . — — Map (db m83300) HM
As pioneers settled in small towns and villages across Nebraska, the shout of “Fire” summoned fear and panic in every person who heard it. If they were lucky, bucket brigades could save part of a burning building and its surrounding . . . — — Map (db m58037) HM
This Union Walk is a reminder to all of our citizens, as well as a salute to the unionized men and women from all walks of life, who invested their energy, the sweat of their brow, and sometimes even their lives to forge a better life for . . . — — Map (db m63498) HM
On October 16, 1867, the first meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association was held on this site in the Brownville Union High School, at that time the largest free high school in Nebraska. Presiding over this meeting was Robert W. Furnas, . . . — — Map (db m188561) HM
During the Depression low farm prices, accompanied by dust storms and drought, created unrest among farmers and workers in Sherman County and across Nebraska. The Farm Holiday movement, which encouraged farmers to withhold agricultural products . . . — — Map (db m181102) HM
Giovanni Pedroni Marcellus Locatelli Teodoro Zesta Pompeo Pattini Antonio Canonica
Charcoal Burners Massacred Aug. 18, 1879 By A Sheriff's Posse Southwest Of The Fish Creek Ranch — — Map (db m89510) HM
The Miners Union was organized in 1867. The Union fought for recognition, safety, family welfare, and a living wage $4.00 per day. This building, owned and maintained since 1913 by Aerie 532 F. O. E., was built in 1876. The original hall was . . . — — Map (db m21955) HM
In Sept. 1864, while Atlanta smoldered, the first use of military force to allay labor unrest in the West occurred when Governor J. W. Nye ordered 2 companies of Calvary from Fort Churchill to end a strike by The Story County Miner’s League. The . . . — — Map (db m21957) HM
Reno lounge singer Whoopi Goldberg gets in the habit with a convent of nuns in “Sister Act” Filmed here at the Reno Arch with the technical assistance of Local 363 (1992) — — Map (db m189722) HM
The Nashua Manufacturing Co., listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was important for the textile industry and early economic development of Nashua. In 1823, a charter was granted to Daniel Abbot, Moses Tyler, and Joseph Greeley to . . . — — Map (db m244316) HM
Born in Concord in 1890, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a nationally known labor leader, civil libertarian and feminist organizer. She joined the Industrial Workers of the World at age 17 where her fiery speeches earned her the nickname "The Rebel . . . — — Map (db m223514) HM
After ousting the mills' benevolent founder John Williams, the Cocheco Manufacturing Company's new Boston owners put a different agent in charge. James Curtis was a harsh taskmaster, caring only about profit and having little concern for the . . . — — Map (db m152215) HM
Dedicated to the men and women
of organized labor who lost their
lives while working on the
redevelopment of Atlantic City
We honor these workers
[List of 25 names follow]
"You will always be remembered"
Erected April . . . — — Map (db m229937) HM
At the President Hotel on Atlantic City's Boardwalk in 1935, John L. Lewis threw the punch that was left throughout the mines, plants, and factories of America. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), struck William Hutcheson, . . . — — Map (db m190918) HM
"this is not the fight of the Negro members of this Union; this is the fight of the whole UAW and we are all going to be involved in it, because we believe that it is not a political question; it is a moral question" . . . — — Map (db m190916) HM
The Atlantic & Cape May County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council dedicates this workers' memorial monument to honor all union workers who lost their lives on the job since the establishment of the casino industry in Atlantic City.
The new . . . — — Map (db m208346) HM
Ventnor City Municipal Hall
The present city hall is part a memorial to the veterans of World War I, as dedicated on June 15, 1929, under the auspices of the James Harvey American Legion Post #144. This Tudor-style building, designed by . . . — — Map (db m153603) HM
Princeton, New Jersey July 1903 – July 2003 Mary Harris “Mother” Joneswas a crusader for workers’ rights. She led several hundred children who worked in the textile mills on a march from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to President . . . — — Map (db m44850) HM
1913 Sunday Rallies-As many as 20,000 silk workers used Haledon’s Botto House as a focal point for rallies during a seven month strike.
The second floor balcony served as a speaker’s platform for famous leaders of America & Europe.
Gift of Terry . . . — — Map (db m94679) HM
The Botto House was the focal point for striking workers during the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913. Eva Botto (standing in this photo) daughter of Pietro and Maria Botto, and a striking silk mill worker, appears with a friend (seated left) and labor . . . — — Map (db m94678) HM
In 1735, Royal Governor Jonathan Belcher ordered Sussex County's Government and Courts to be moved from Log Gaol to the tavern - house of Thomas Woolverton (1717-1760). Justice of the Peace and Tax Collector, until a permanent Courthouse was erected . . . — — Map (db m27284) HM
After eight failed negotiating sessions and the expiration of their labor contract, Mexican-American workers at nearby Empire Zinc mine struck for wage and benefit equality. When an injunction prohibited union members from picketing, the women - . . . — — Map (db m38229) HM
Founder and long-time president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters. During World War II he
fought for equal employment in defense industries
for African Americans and after the war won the
fight to ban discrimination in the armed . . . — — Map (db m197937) HM
A Mexican-American farm worker and labor leader
who co-founded the National Farm Workers
Association, later known as United Farm Workers,
to fight for justice for farm workers.
"Non-violence takes more guts, if I can put it
bluntly, . . . — — Map (db m197895) HM
Civil Rights leader and union organizer who
worked alongside MLK, Jr. and also served as
president of the Montgomery NAACP.
"We had a long, hard row to hoe, but we did it with
persistence, great leadership and belief
in ourselves and . . . — — Map (db m197936) HM
Women's educational and industrial union, est. 1882. Inspired working women to join suffrage movement. Building opened on this site in 1907. — — Map (db m223757) HM
John Edward Lawe, stood tall in the U.S. labor movement, a union man all his working life: 35 years with the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO as a dues-paying
member, officer and international president (1985-1989). He was a dynamic . . . — — Map (db m131425) HM
To the men of the Fire Department who died at the call of duty at this site on August 2 1978 Soldiers in a war that never ends
Lieutenant James E Cutillo Bat 33 Eng 276
Firefighter 1st Gr Charles Bouton Ladder Co 156
Firefighter 1st Gr . . . — — Map (db m39461) HM
Leonora Barry-Lake
1849 - 1930 Millhand Elected
Knights of Labor National
Head. Credited for First
Mill Inspection Law.
George E. Pataki, Governor
— — Map (db m77591) HM
In honor of the members of Local Union No. 1093 who served their country in the World War 1914 – 1918 Adam Donaldson • Frank S. Boday • Louis Myers • Edw. Nordstrom • Frank Hoebich • Everett Wicks • Patrick Hanlon • Daniel Murdock • Fred . . . — — Map (db m65203) HM
"The idea of separatism is harkening to the past and it is undesirable even if it could be realized, because the progress of mankind has been based upon … social, intellectual and cultural contact." —A. Philip Randolph, 1969
David Dubinsky, one of the most influential labor leaders in the United
States, was president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers'
Union (ILGWU), from 1932 to 1966. Escaping Czarist imprisonment for his
youthful political activities, he . . . — — Map (db m127139) HM
What was here before?
The site now occupied by DeLury Square Park was once populated with residential and commercial buildings between three and five stories tall, which were razed to make way for the adjoining Southbridge Towers Co-op. . . . — — Map (db m228586) HM
It is with distinct honor the Uniformed Firefighters Association, Local 94, bestow the name “Dan DeFranco” on this building.
During his 35 year career with the New York City Fire Department, he played an active roll (sic) in the U.F.A.
Due to . . . — — Map (db m153971) HM
Composed of mycelium (the root-like structure of fungus) and dedicated to the Stonecutters of New York City, who organized the first mass labor action in the State’s history.
The Stonecutters Riot was a response to the University Council’s . . . — — Map (db m144204) HM
On the afternoon of March 25, 1911, 146 workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory died here in the space of 15 minutes. Most of them were immigrants or the children of immigrants. Nearly all of them were women or girls. They died from smoke and . . . — — Map (db m237848) HM
In memory of the DC37 members who perished on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center
The Rev Mychal Judge, chaplain, Local 299
Carlos Lillo, paramedic, Local 2507
Ricardo Quinn, EMS Lieutenant, Local 3621
Chet Louie, OTB betting clerk, . . . — — Map (db m131329) HM
Garment workers and their unions, particularly the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), played a formative role in new York City labor history, as depicted in these . . . — — Map (db m149345) HM
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Here workers exercised their rights to free speech and assembly and on September 5, 1882, observed the first Labor Day. — — Map (db m124778) HM
Kate Mullany House has been designated a National Historic Landmark This house possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. Kate Mullany, an Irish Immigrant, laundry worker, and a nationally . . . — — Map (db m40827) HM
The detachable shirt collar was invented in Troy in 1827 by a local housewife, Hannah Montague. For more than a hundred years, various styles of the stiff cotton collars were worn by merchants, businessmen and other "white collar" workers. Troy . . . — — Map (db m66836) HM
The Way to Work
A footbridge near the bottom of Washington Avenue once crossed over the train tracks. It was the way many workers, many of whom lived at the south end of the village, got to the waterfront factories. A 1914 . . . — — Map (db m193484) HM
Industrialization came to the South later than it had in the North. The first generation of mill workers were transplanted farmers who had no tradition of labor unions. The nature of the mill village also made organized labor difficult. The mill . . . — — Map (db m222787) HM
The 20 room brick and wood Milton Hotel was a local landmark and the center of area social activity for over a century. During its life the hotel went by several names, including Gordon Hotel and Hotel Caswell. Originally a tavern on the stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m171773) HM
From its inception, Cooleemee was planned as a modern turn-of-the-century town. Its center stood 130 yards north of here on Main Street.
While the cotton mill was the focus of most family's working life, Cooleemee's Old Square was the hub of . . . — — Map (db m240624) HM
Timeline of Events
• June 20: Alexander Evans picked up suit of clothes left near trash at 220 West View Park Drive. Residents complain to city and Evans returns clothes to supervisor next day.
• July 5: Evans suspended by city and . . . — — Map (db m226858) HM
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