The ongoing organizational renewal and substantial growth of UE is one of the most remarkable stories in the U.S. labor movement in decades. Of the 42 unions who comprised the founding roster of the CIO in 1938 only eight survive intact today.
In 2023, a permanent memorial at the site of the fire was unveiled in memory of the workers. The memorial tells the stories of the victims and is a landmark site to visit, mourn, and learn at the very site where factory workers labored and perished.
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A story of intrigue and power involving union organizers, Black laundry workers, the Mafia, and the FBI in 1980s Detroit.
For several generations, David Montgomery has had the legendary status of a labor historian who transformed the field, at least the labor history of the USA.
In this new book, labor reporter and union organizer Nolan assesses today's labor movement in the United States and offers proposals aimed at helping it grow.
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A limited series podcast covering the 1930s rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and its legacy.
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A throwaway cigarette landed on a pile of cloth. 146 workers died. But this tragedy instigated a movement for workers' rights.
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