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James Earl Jones in Matewan (1987) - "I got business with the union"

Sent in by Jimmy Kelly. James Earl Jones died September 9, 2024

Posted by IAM

You Are the 'u' in Union – Si Kahn

From the new Labor Day CD.

#solidarityforever  Art allows us to process our lived realities and dream of the realities that could be ... solidarity allows us to make those dreams become new realities. #UnionStrong #BelovedCommunity #HOPEandJOY

Tobias Harklewood, comment on the DCLC video at TPFF

Embroidered Garment, Alice Eugenia Ligon, on view now in the Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women exhibit at  the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC.

Ligon worked as a telephone operator and hospital attendant in Boone County, Missouri, raising at least five children. Admitted to a state hospital at least twice, she made this gown during her first stay, so that her children could remember her while she was away.

CLICK HERE for our complete labor arts calendar; look for our Labor Arts Calendar edition on Monday

Faces from an American Dream

Sunday, September 1, 2024, 1:00 PM until Saturday, December 28, 2024, 4:00 PM; American Labor Museum, 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508

"Faces From An American Dream" is a photography exhibit by Martin Desht documenting American post-industrialism at the end of the twentieth century.

Caring Out Loud - Family Values At Work

Friday, September 13, 2024, 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM; MLK Library Auditorium, 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC

Caring Out Loud is a night of first-person storytelling about working families caring for each other in a system that’s determined to make that impossible. This is an in person and virtual event.

Two Days, One Night (Rochester Labor Film Series)

Friday, September 13, 2024, 7:30 PM until 8:45 PM, Dryden Theatre, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

The manager of a solar panel factory in Belgium conducts a secret ballot vote among a unit of sixteen workers by which they decide to either renew or eliminate the job of their co-worker, Sandra. Can group solidarity triumph over rational self-interest embedded in capitalism?

Joe Uehlein: Songs of Work, Hope and Freedom

Saturday, September 14, 2024, 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM; Al & Maureen’s Home, 20996 Inkster Road, Southfield, MI 48033; $20 per person. Limited space, RSVP required: email MASHEAHAN@aol.com or call Marsha 248-376-5701.

Joe Uehlein's concerts always include a wide and deep presentation of Americana and roots-Rock music, including folk, rock’n roll, bluegrass, country, soul, and more. But his solo shows take on a more intimate feel, talking more about music, politics, and the human spirit.

Southeast: a city within a city - Free Screening

Saturday, September 14, 2024, 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM; Steelworker's Park, E 87th St at Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL

Calling all history buffs, movie lovers, and Southeast Side aficionados to join us for a screening of Southeast: A City Within A City at Steelworker’s Park - a place that was once home to one of the largest steel mills in the country.

Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

Sunday, May 5, 2024, 5:15 PM until 6:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-05:00), Maryland Film Festival, Parkway Theatre, 5 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201

This documentary tells the little-known stories of Hank, Dion, Esther, Tina, Helene, and Nancy – real people whose actions that summer helped to affect major progress for civil rights.

September 13, 1971

Eleven AFSCME-represented prison employees, 33 inmates die in the four-day uprising at New York State’s Attica Prison and the retaking of the prison. The uprising caused the nation to take a closer look at prison conditions, for inmates and their guards alike

J. Albert Mann, author of “Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States,” a children’s book that’s unusual not just in its subject matter but in the way it treats kids seriously as the future citizens they are.

LAST WEEK’S QUIZ: On September 8, 1942, workers gave up their Labor Day weekend holidays to keep the munitions factories working to aid in the war effort. Most Labor Day parades were canceled in respect for members of the Armed Services. President Roosevelt did not declare a national holiday; Congress had declared Labor Day a national holiday back in 1894. 

Netflix hit “The Union” is a miss (9/6) 

Labor Day weekend films, music & more! (8/30)

No justice, no dancing (8/23)

Beyoncé’s labor anthem (8/16)

Union Songs for Kids! (8/9) 

Rosie gets a gold medal (8/2)