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LABOR ARTS CALENDAR: WEEK AT A GLANCE…


Tues: Without Shade, Without Rest (NY)

Thurs: The US Working Class On and Off Screen (Virtual)

Thurs: The Labor Heritage Power Hour (radio/online)

Thurs: The Red Scare in 1950s Baltimore (MD)

Ongoing Events


Got a labor art event to share? Email us at info@laborheritage.org

Map Your Labor History This May
Labor History Month begins in just a couple of weeks, on Friday, May 1.

Now is the perfect time to remind your fellow union members that labor history didn’t just happen in New York or Chicago—it happened in communities large and small across the United States, including yours. The Labor Heritage Foundation makes it easy to explore that history with our Labor Landmarks Map.

If you have an upcoming union meeting or community event, encourage organizers to commemorate Labor History Month by visiting LaborHeritage.org and clicking the Labor Landmarks Map link on the homepage. Explore the landmarks in your own backyard—and if you know of one that’s not yet included, click the red “Suggest a Landmark” button in the upper right to add it.

Labor History Month is a time to celebrate the working people who fought for the rights many take for granted today. This May, use the Labor Landmarks Map to remind your community that those struggles happened right where you live—and that they’re not over.

TODAY’S LABOR HISTORY


1903: The International Hod Carriers & Building Laborers’ Union, now known as LiUNA, is founded.


1919: Labor leader and Socialist Party founder Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned for opposing American entry into World War I.


Photo: LHF’s Elise Bryant stopped by LiUNA HQ today to congratulate them on their 123rd birthday and to drop off DC Labor FilmFest passes; photo by Chris Garlock

The Last Words of Joe Hill Are Still Echoing

On this week's Labor History Today, Victoria McCallum and Lantz Simpson, co-writers of a short play imagining Joe Hill in a modern coffee shop called "The Last Words of Joe Hill," discuss unions, work, and power.

Sounds of Solidarity 

On this week’s Labor Heritage Power Hour, we take it to the streets with the Rude Mechanical Orchestra,  get the latest labor arts news, including the announcement of the 2026 DC Labor FilmFest lineup, visit a Labor Landmark of the Week from the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum’s Courage in the Hollers trail, and hear a special excerpt from What They Could Never Kill, our recent Billie Holiday/Paul Robeson special.

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