Tanya Hutchins, from the Machinist’s union, is American labor organizer Lucy Parsons in an excerpt from We Were There, which will be performed this Wednesday night, March 24 at 7p EST when the Coalition of Labor Union Women celebrates its 47th anniversary with a free online performance of this play, which features inspiring women leaders from the past through the present.
Library of Congress Archive Processing Technician Melissa Capozio Jones explores the story behind Pins and Needles, the only Broadway-hit musical revue ever produced by a labor union with a cast of union members singing about unions.
Labor History Today producer Patrick Dixon talks with author Mark Torres about his forthcoming book “Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood.”
And, on today’s Labor History in 2: Truman Signs Loyalty Order.
Produced/edited by Chris Garlock. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com
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Edited/produced by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon; social media guru: Harold Phillips
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