|
Name |
Street Address |
City |
State |
Historical Notes |
| AFL-CIO Headquarters |
815 16th St. NW |
Washington |
DC |
President Dwight Eisenhower and AFL-CIO President George
Meany laid the cornerstone of the building in 1955. The two
murals on the ground floor titled, ” Labor is Life” (south)
and “Labor Omnia Vincit,” (north) were designed by Lumen
Martin Winter.. |
| AFSCME Roll of Honor |
AFSCME Council 4 headquarters |
New Britain |
CT |
Marker was placed for the men and women who put their
lives on the line. It is a recognition of the need for more
safety measures and a call to extend OSHA coverage to public
employees. |
| Allegheny Arsenal Explosion Monument |
Allegheny Cemetery; Butler St. |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
Memorializes the 43 girls buried here who were killed in
the arsenal explosion nearby on Sept. 17, 1862. A total of
75 workers died in the explosion, making it the worst
industrial accident associated with the Civil War. |
| American Factory Worker Sculptures |
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry |
Chicago |
IL |
Statues were discovered in the Chicago Museum of Science
& Industry storage rooms. The 1933 Chicago Century of
Progress Exposition exhibited six statues. |
| American Federation of Labor Founding State Historical
Marker |
Mellon Park; NW corner opposite the site of historic
Turner Hall, now William Penn Hotel |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
On Nov. 14, 1881, trade unions formed the Federation of
Organized Trades and Labor Organizations, later becoming the
AFL. Under the leadership of Samuel Gompers and Peter
McGuire, the AFL became the most influential labor
organization in the nation. |
| American Federation of Labor Headquarters |
901 Massachusetts Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
After completion in 1916, the building served as AFL
headquarters until 1956. In 1957, the United Association of
Journeyman and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitters
Industry moved into the building. |
| American Federation of Teachers Office |
3 S. Wabash St. |
Chicago |
IL |
This is the first office of the American Federation of
Teachers (AFT). |
| American Merchant Marine Veterans Memorial |
adjacent to Los Angeles Maritime Museum |
San Pedro |
CA |
A tribute to the Merchant Marines wartime contributions. |
| American Merchant Seamen Memorial |
outside the Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum; 1315
Chestnut St. |
St. Louis |
MO |
The American Merchant Marine has served as “the nation’s
fourth arm of defense” during many U.S. wars. More than
1,200 Seafarers International Union (SIU) members were
killed in WWII, and are included in the ranks of the
Merchant Marine. |
| America’s Industrial Heritage Project |
|
Johnstown |
PA |
Purpose of the project is to commemorate the
contribution of the region’s iron, steel, coal and
transportation industries. It also plans to use related
historic sites and cultural resources for a tourism
promotion program. |
| Amtrak Workers Memorial |
Union Station; 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE |
Washington |
DC |
Memorial honors those Amtrak employees who “lost their
lives in performance of their duties.” |
| Anderson, Colonel James, Monument |
Allegheny Library; Allegheny Sq. |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
Andrew Carnegie dedicated this monument to the
businessman/philanthropist Colonel Anderson who let working
boys (like Andrew Carnegie) borrow books from his personal
library. |
| Anthracite Boys Bust |
Office of the Mayor |
Wilkes-Barre |
PA |
Honors “the boys of the anthracite” and is an
inspiration to youths brought before Mayor Charles N.
Loveland for juvenile offenses. |
| Arsenal Monument |
Range 97, Site 142; Congressional Cemetery; 1801 E St.
SE |
Washington |
DC |
An accidental explosion at the Washington Arsenal on
June 17, 1864, killed at least 21 women who worked filling
cartridges for the Union Army during the Civil War. |
| Auto-Lite Workers’ Memorial |
Union Memorial Park; Elm & Champlain Sts. |
Toledo |
OH |
Tribute to the autoworkers who struck in 1934 to build
the United Auto Workers (UAW). Electric Auto-Lite workers
were brutally attacked by National Guardsmen, and more than
200 were injured in Toledo’s bloodiest labor battle. |
| Avondale Mine Disaster Historical Marker (Avondale) |
Plymouth Township; east side of US Rt. 11 |
Avondale |
PA |
At 10 am, Sept. 6, 1869, one of the worst disasters in
the history of US anthracite mining occurred at the Avondale
Mine. A fire, originating from a furnace at the bottom of a
237′ deep shaft roared up the shaft killing 110 miners, 80%
of whom were Welsh. |
| Avondale Mine Disaster Historical Marker (Scranton) |
Washburn Cemetery |
Scranton |
PA |
Sept. 6, 1869 one of the worst disasters in US
anthracite mining history struck. At Avondale Mine, a
furnace fire at the bottom of a 237′ deep shaft roared up
the shaft killing 110 miners. 61 victims were buried at
Washburn Cemetery on Sept. 9, 1869. |
| Barthell, John, Monument |
Telluride Cemetery |
Telluride |
CO |
John Barthell, a Finnish native and member of the
Western Federation of Miners, was one of 3 people (and the
only union member) killed during a union attack on
strikebreakers at the Smuggler Mine in 1901. |
| Baton Rouge Victory Memorial |
San Francisco waterfront, near the Golden Gate Bridge |
San Francisco |
CA |
This memorial is dedicated to the seven merchant seamen
who crewed the SS Baton Rouge Victory and lost their lives
when the ship was sunk by Viet Cong action en route to
Saigon on August 23, 1966. |
| Batsto Village |
4110 Nesco Road |
Hammonton |
NJ |
Notable for its preservation of late 19th century worker
housing, Batsto was a bog iron and glass making industrial
center from 1766-1876. The Batsto Furnace, rebuilt in 1786
and 1829, produced munitions for the Revolutionary War and
the War of 1812. |
| Battle of Blair Mountain Historic Site |
Route 17 between the towns of Blair and Ethel |
Blair Mountain |
WV |
The site where 10,000 striking union miners fought for
recognition of their union, UMWA, against coal operators
from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, 1921. At the governor’s request,
federal troops were sent in. Miners were forced to withdraw
after 16 deaths. |
| Battle of Matewan Historic Sity |
|
Matewan |
WV |
The town is the site of a shootout between striking
union miners (led by Police Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal
company agents (Baldwin-Felts) on 5/19/1920. |
| Battle of the Crater, site |
Pegram’s Salient |
Petersburg |
VA |
Result of Union mine dug and loaded with explosives to
blow up the Confederate position 400 ft. away. Large portion
of Union regiment consisted of former coal miners.
Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants, was a mining
engineer by profession. |
| Battle of the Overpass Historical Marker |
Miller Road overpass to the Ford River Rouge Plant |
Dearborn |
MI |
Remembers the place where Walter Reuther and other union
leaders were beaten by Ford “Servicemen” on the overpass
bridge in 1937. Photos of the incident destroyed the Ford
Co.’s credibility, forcing it to recognize the union in
1941. |
| Bay View Martyrs Historical Marker |
E. Russell Ave. & S. Superior St. |
Milwaukee |
WI |
The Wisconsin Labor History Society placed this marker
in honor of those killed by the state militia on May 5, 1886
during a city-wide strike for the 8 hour day. Five workers,
a Bay View resident and one young child were shot to death. |
| Big Bend Tunnel Historical Marker |
Big Bend Mountain |
Talcott |
WV |
Marks the existing tunnel of the C&O Railroad, and is
said to be the scene of John Henry’s battle with a steam
drill. |
| Bilyeu, George Franklin, Monument |
|
Virden |
IL |
Erected in memory of George Franklin Bilyeu who was
killed in 1898 in Virden, Ill., during a UMWA organizing
drive. |
| Birmingham Civil Rights Institute |
520 16th St. N. |
Birmingham |
AL |
A civil rights movement gallery and museum across the
street from the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which was
bombed in 1963 killing four girls; this infamous event
happened less than 3 weeks after the historic March on
Washington for Freedom and Jobs. |
| Black Worker Sculpture |
Harlem-Macombs Housing Project |
New York City |
NY |
Done under the Treasury Relief Art Project. |
| Bloomington Workers’ Memorial |
White Oak Park |
Bloomington |
IL |
Pavilion and park honors the over 100 local workers who
have died on the job. |
| Bodega Bay Fisherman’s Memorial |
on top of a bluff at Bodega Head |
Bodega Head |
CA |
Commemorates the dozens of fishermen who have failed to
return home to Bodega Head. |
| Bodie Union Hall |
|
Bodie |
CA |
The Miners’ Union Local 61, Western Federation of
Miners, was organized December 22, 1877, and was one of the
first organized unions in California. The Union Hall was
erected in 1878 and used for meetings and social events. |
| Boott Cotton Mills Museum |
|
Lowell |
MA |
The largest industrial museum in the nation outside the
Smithsonian. On the grounds of Lowell National Historic
Park, Boott Mill No. 6 ceased production in 1954. |
| Bost Building Historical Marker |
Bost Building |
Homestead |
PA |
The Bost Building was the Amalgamated Association of
Iron & Steel Workers’ headquarters. This office helped
direct the workers through one of the bloodiest battles
between workers and owners, the Homestead Strike. |
| Botto, Pietro, House |
83 Norwood St. |
Haledon |
NJ |
During the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, immigrants
Pietro & Maria Botto invited union leaders to address
workers from the balcony of this home. Workers called for
decent working conditions, end to child labor & an 8 hour
day. [National Historic Landmark] |
| Brew, James, gravesite |
Evergreen Cemetery (Elks Plot) |
Bisbee |
AZ |
Marks the grave of James Brew who was killed for
resisting deportation by vigilantes and the sheriff on
7/12/1917. |
| Bridges, Harry, Bust |
lobby of ILWU headquarters, 1188 Franklin Street & Geary
Boulevard |
San Francisco |
CA |
Honors ILWU President Emeritus Harry Bridges who
symbolizes the accomplishments of this longshore union over
the last half of the 1900s. |
| Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Monument |
|
Marshall |
MI |
Honors the history of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. |
| Butte-Anaconda Historical Park System Master Plan |
|
Butte |
MT |
Proposal for a park system to preserve and interpret the
physical remnants of mining and smelting, and the laborers
of the early industrial age on the frontier. |
| Canonsburg Honor Roll Tablet |
|
Canonsburg |
PA |
Honors local UMWA members who are now in the armed
forces. Also honors the war support of this local union with
the purchase of war bonds and participation in the American
War Drive. |
| Carbon County Coal Miners Statue |
Carbon County Courthouse |
Carbon |
UT |
Memorial to the American coal miner. |
| Chavez, Cesar, Bust |
Cesar Chavez Middle School; 2801 Hop Ranch Rd. |
Union City |
CA |
A founder of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW),
Cesar Chavez organized farmworkers during the 1960s,
particularly in California.The union used nonviolent tactics
like boycotts and hunger strikes to focus attention on
farmworker exploitation . |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School Mural |
Shotwell St., between 22nd and 23rd St. |
San Francisco |
CA |
Cesar Chavez, and Dolores Huerta, founded the United
Farm Workers of America successfully organizing farmworkers
during the 1960s. Committed to nonviolence, the union used
boycotts and hunger strikes to draw attention to the
exploitation in the fields. |
| Cherry Mine Disaster Monument |
Cherry Town Cemetery |
Cherry |
IL |
On November 13, 1909, 259 miners died in the underground
Cherry Mine fire. As a result of the disaster, the state
established stricter safety regulations and in 1911, the
basis for the Illinois Workers Compensation Act was passed. |
| Chinese in Nevada State Historical Marker |
Pyramid Way & B St. in Victorian Sq. Victorian Way off
I-80 |
Sparks |
NV |
Honoring the thousands of Chinese workers who “played a
major role in the history of Nevada . . . where they built
railroads, cut timber and performed countless humble tasks.” |
| Chinese Railroad Worker Statue |
Upper town at the Chamber of Commerce (former railway
station) 601 Lincoln Way |
Auburn |
CA |
Tribute to the significance of the Chinese worker in the
construction of the transcontinental railroad through the
Sierra Mountains of California. Working for Central Pacific,
Chinese workers lay the connecting rails from the west on
May 10, 1869. |
| Chipper Sculpture |
Potrero Hill |
San Francisco |
CA |
Artist was awarded the first prize at the 1943 San
Francisco Art Show for this piece which depicts the dignity
of the worker. |
| Cigar Makers Union Monument |
Forest Home Cemetery (Waldheim) |
Forest Park |
IL |
Honors the surrounding graves of Chicago cigar makers. |
| CIO Founding Historical Marker |
Boardwalk |
Atlantic City |
NJ |
At the President Hotel, UMWA President John L. Lewis
punched Carpenters Union President Bill Hutcheson in the
face, stormed out, and formed the Congress of Industrial
Organizations in 1938. |
| Cleveland Labor History Museum & Resource Center |
Sidney Hillman Building, 2227 Payne Ave. |
Cleveland |
OH |
Cleveland’s rich labor history mirrors the rest of the
country from development and growth to stagnation and
decline. Max S. Hayes, Peter Witt and John P. Green all
contributed to the growth of Cleveland’s labor movement. |
| Coal Miner, The |
northeast grounds of the state capitol |
Springfield |
IL |
The statue commemorates the more than 9,000 Illinois
coal miners who have lost their lives in mine accidents over
the past 130 years prior to 1964. |
| Coal Miner’s Memorial |
|
Fairmont |
WV |
Honors workers who have perished in mine accidents,
including 70 who were killed in an explosion near Fairmont
in 1968. |
| Coal Miners Memorial–1973 |
Visitor’s Center at 5th St. exit, east side |
Sheridan |
WY |
Recognizes the importance of underground coal mining in
the Sheridan County area from the 1800s until 1950. In 1950
surface mining became the preferred method of mining coal. |
| Coal Miners Monument–2.1 |
near Hanna Recreational Center |
Hanna |
WY |
Historical Marker dedicated to the memory of all the
miners in the Carbon-Hanna area who lost their lives in
mining accidents. The major accidents occurred in June 1903
and in 1908. 171 men and 58 men were killed respectively. |
| Coit Tower Murals |
Telegraph Hill |
San Francisco |
CA |
The murals of Coit Tower depict a common theme, “Aspects
of Life in California, 1934,” painted by 25 artists and 19
assistants. The murals reflect social, political and
labor-related concerns of the Great Depression, |
| Columbine Massacre Historical Marker |
Highway 7 |
Lafayette |
CO |
In 1927, workers struck for better conditions under the
IWW banner. Six miners were killed and many wounded in the
Nov. 21 Columbine Massacre. Out of this struggle Colorado
coal miners gained lasting union contracts. |
| Columbine Massacre Monument |
Lafayette Cemetery |
Lafayette |
CO |
On Nov 21 six miners were killed and 60 were injured
when state police fired into a 500-person rally during the
strike of 1927. Five of the 6 miners are buried here. |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations Founding, State
Historical Marker |
North Commons Drive above Allegheny Center |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
To “organize workers into powerful industrial unions,”
UMWA President, John L. Lewis called a meeting in
Pittsburgh’s Islam Grotto on Nov. 14, 1938, founding the
Congress of Industrial Organizations. |
| Connolly, James, Memorial |
Riverfront Park, downtown |
Troy |
NY |
James Connolly, a trade union and socialist organizer in
Ireland, Scotland, and the U.S., lived in Troy from
1903-1905. He was among the founding fathers of the radical
Industrial Workers of the World. |
| Corti, Elia, Gravesite |
Hope Cemetery, Maple Avenue |
Barre |
VT |
Elia Corti, an Italian immigrant and anarchist, was shot
and killed during a scuffle between anarchists and
socialists at the Barre Socialist Labor Hall. |
| Darr Mine Disaster State Historical Marker |
Olive Branch Cemetery, PA Route 981 between PA Route 51
and Smithton, Pa. |
Van Meter, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County |
PA |
An explosion in the Darr Mine on Dec. 19, 1907, killed
239 coal miners, many of whom were Hungarian. Seventy-one of
the dead share a common grave in Olive Branch Cemetery.
December, 1907, was the worst month in US coal mining
history with over 3000 dead. |
| Debs, Eugene V., Home |
451 North Eighth Street |
Terre Haute |
IN |
Debs’ home until his death in 1926. The house was bought
by the Debs Foundation in 1962 with the purpose of
preserving this landmark. [National Historic Landmark] |
| Dellums, Cottrell, Lawrence, Monument |
C.L. Dellums Amtrak Station, Jack London Square, 245 2nd
St. |
Oakland |
CA |
Dellums, a porter fired by the Pullman Company in 1927
for his organizing activites, co-founded the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters in 1937, the first labor union led by
African Americans. He was a vice president of the AFL-CIO
until the mid-1980s. |
| “Detroit Industry” Frescoes |
Detroit Institute of Arts; 5200 Woodward Ave. |
Detroit |
MI |
In 1932, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera was commissioned
to paint a tribute to Detroit industry and labor. Major
sections of the mural are based on the Ford Motor Company’s
Rouge industrial complex. |
| Diamond Mine Disaster Marker |
Grundy-Will county line |
Braidwood |
IL |
Diamond mine disaster of 1883 was due to the mine being
on a marshy tract of land with no natural drainage. Mid-day
Feb. 16, 1883 the snow began to melt and forced a collapse
on the east side of the mine. Men and boys scrambled to
escape. |
| Ely Township Centennial Memorial |
grounds of the Michigan Iron Industry Museum |
Negaunee |
MI |
Memorial stone to miners killed on November 3, 1926 in
Barnes-Hecker mine tragedy. |
| Erie County Labor Monument |
West Perry Square |
Erie |
PA |
Funded by local and international trade unions to serve
as a visible reminder of the contributions of working men
and women and as a focal point for organized labor in the
future. |
| Everest, Wesley, Gravesite |
1905 Johnson Road, Strickland-Greenwood Memorial
Cemetery |
Centralia |
WA |
Everest was an IWW member lynched by an angry mob for
killing an American Legionnaire during 1919 Centralia
Armistice Day Riot. Legionnaires were attempting to throw
IWW members out of their union hall. Everest killed one
soldier while fleeing the hall. |
| Fire Fighter Memorial #2.-8.1 & Post Point |
Blackwater Creek Trail, Blackwater or Absorka Lodge |
Park County, Yellowstone National Park |
WY |
2.8.1 lists the men who fought the Blackwater fire on
August 21, 1937. They died just to the right of the marker.
Post Point commemorates the 37 men who took refuge from
the fire. Eight died. |
| Firefighters of Michigan Monument |
Exit 239 on I-75; grounds next to the Department of
Natural Resources. |
Roscommon |
MI |
Signs on I-75 mark the way to the inscribed stone,
dedicated to the firefighters’ unselfish heroism displayed
every day while protecting the lives and homes of Michigan
citizens. |
| Fisherman’s Memorial |
|
Gloucester |
MA |
Dedicated to fishermen who have lost their lives at sea. |
| Fisherman’s Memorial State Park |
1011 Point Judith Road |
Narragansett |
RI |
The local Fisherman’s Association requested that the
name of the park be changed from Fort Greene to Fisherman
Memorial State Park in honor of all fishermen in the
Narragansett area–the tuna capital of the world. |
| Flag Pole Memorial to Wartime Workers |
Bloomington’s White Oak Park |
Bloomington |
IL |
First erected as a wartime unity symbol by Chicago &
Alten Railroad shop workers. Re-dedicated on April 28, 1993
as a memorial to wartime workers and veterans. |
| Flint Sitdown Strike Historical Marker |
|
Flint |
MI |
The Michigan Labor History Society erected this marker
to commemorate the General Motors sitdown strike of
1936-1937 which forced GM to recognize the workers’ union
and their needs. It led to GM’s first contract with the
United Auto Workers. |
| Ford Hunger March |
Ford Rouge Plant, Miller Road |
Dearborn |
MI |
3,000 unemployed auto workers braved the cold on March
7, 1932 to demand jobs and relief from Henry Ford. The
marchers got too close to the gate and were gassed. After
re-grouping, they were sprayed with water and shot at. 4 men
died immediately. |
| Fourth Avenue Business District |
Fourth Avenue from 15th to 18th Streets |
Birmingham |
AL |
Developed as the city’s black business district in the
early 1900’s because black businesses were forced out of
other places by Jim Crow segregation and white owned stores
that didn’t welcome black customers. |
| Furuseth, Andrew, Memorial |
outside entrance to the Sailors Union of the Pacific
Hall. |
San Francisco |
CA |
Union leader, Andrew Furuseth, was one of the founders
of the SUP and the president of the International Seamen’s
Union of America. He was known as the “Abe Lincoln of the
Seas.” He was an immigrant from Romedal, Norway and has a
monument there as well. |
| Furuseth, Andrew, Memorial Bust |
National Portrait Gallery |
Washington |
DC |
Union leader, Andrew Furuseth, was one of the founders
of the SUP and the president of the International Seamen’s
Union of America. He was known as the “Abe Lincoln of the
Seas.” He was an immigrant from Romedal, Norway and has a
monument there as well. |
| Garcia & Maggini Warehouse |
128 King St. |
San Francisco |
CA |
On July 3, 1934, employers tried to break the strike
that had closed down Pacific coast shipping since May.
Trucks began to move goods from the warehouse but striking
waterfront workers resisted during a five-hour battle, a
prelude to “Bloody Thursday.” |
| Garment Worker Statue |
7th Ave. & 39th St.; Manhattan |
New York |
NY |
A garment worker sits at his sewing machine portraying
generations of immigrant needle-trades workers. |
| “Generations” Sculpture |
Sheet Metal Workers Pension Fund Headquarters; Edward
Carlough Plaza; 601 N. Fairfax St. |
Alexandria |
VA |
The sculpture represents three generations of sheet
metal workers. The senior generation hands the tools of the
trade onto the apprentice, as the journeyman looks on. One
figure is missing part of the thumb, reflecting the hazards
of work. |
| Gompers, Samuel, House |
2122 1st St. NW |
Washington |
DC |
Samuel Gompers served as president of the American
Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1886 until 1924. He lived in
this house from 1902 until 1917. |
| Gompers, Samuel, Memorial (DC) |
park at 11th St. & Massachusetts Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
Gompers was a Jewish immigrant cigar maker from England
who founded the AFL in 1881 and was re-elected as its
president 42 times until his death in 1924. |
| Gompers, Samuel, Memorial (TX) |
Riverwalk (across from Convention Center) |
San Antonio |
TX |
Samuel Gompers was the founding president of the
American Federation of Labor and the architect of the
International Labor Organization. He died in San Antonio in
1924, while attending an international trade union
gathering. |
| Haley, Margaret A., Plaque |
Chicago Teacher’s Union; Merchandise Mart |
Chicago |
IL |
Haley was a pioneer of teacher unionism in Chicago and
the nation. In 1900, she became the first business
representative of the Chicago Teacher Federation. She was a
founder of and the first National Organizer for the American
Federation of Teachers. |
| Harmony Mills |
Mohawk St. |
Cohoes |
NY |
Formed in 1836, the Harmony Manufacturing Company
essentially created a company town in Cohoes, N.Y. The mill
workers were never able to organize, despite a strike in
1880 when 5,000 weavers walked off the job. |
| Haslam, Bob, Pony Express Memorial |
Carson & Robinson Sts.; in front of the Nevada State
Museum |
Carson City |
NV |
A tribute to “Pony” Bob Haslam (1840-1912) who is
“considered the greatest of all Pony Express riders.”
Credited with the longest trip ridden by an Express rider
(380 miles), he served throughout the entire existence of
the Pony Express. |
| Hatfield, Sid, Monument |
Buskirk Cemetery |
Buskirk |
KY |
Remembers Sid Hatfield, police chief of Matewan, who was
killed by Baldwin-Felts Company agents in Aug. 1921 for
championing the rights of coal miners to organize a union (UMWA). |
| Haymarket Martyrs’ Monument |
Forest Home Cemetery (Waldheim); Desplaines Ave. |
Forest Park |
IL |
The monument marks the graves of 7 of the 8 Chicago
labor leaders convicted of criminal activity in the largest
U.S. demonstration for the 8-hour day (the Haymarket Riot)
on May 4, 1886. 4 were executed and 4 were later released by
controversial pardon. |
| Henry, John, Monument |
at the top of Big Bend Mountain |
Talcott |
WV |
Commemorates the site where John Henry, in 1870, beat a
machine in a steel driving contest and became the most sung
about hero in American folklore. Legend says the contest
cost him his life and his ghost lives in the Big Bend
tunnel. |
| “The History of Labor in America” Murals |
Frances Perkins Building; Dept. of Labor: 200
Constitution Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
The murals feature the evolution of labor in America.
Each mural represents a specific period and they are
respectively titled: Colonization, Settlement, Industry, and
Technology. |
| Homestead Historical Marker |
Pinkerton Landing Site; southern bank of Monongahela
River |
Homestead |
PA |
July 6, 1892 two barges ordered by the Carnegie Steel
Co. landed on the south bank of the Monongahela River,
sought to occupy Carnegie Steel Works and put down a strike
by members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel
Workers. |
| Homestead Strikers’ Gravesites |
St. Mary’s & Homestead Cemeteries |
Homestead & Munhall |
PA |
Five of the seven workers who died at the Homestead
Strike were finally honored with marked graves. The graves
are in two adjacent cemeteries. |
| Horton, Roy, Headstone |
|
Salt Lake City |
UT |
Roy J. Horton was a salesman and supporter of the IWW.
He was shot down before the execution of Joe Hill. His
assailant was acquitted of manslaughter. |
| ICWU/URW Worker Memorial |
ICWU Headquarters |
Akron |
OH |
The International Chemical Workers Union and the United
Rubber Workers Union unveiled this joint memorial on Workers
Memorial Day, 1992. Dedicated to the members who have been
killed, or died in workplace tragedies since 1944. |
| Illinois Workers’ Memorial |
Capitol grounds
(next to Monroe St.) |
Springfield |
IL |
Dedicated on Workers Memorial Day, 1992, the statue on
the lawn of the state capitol remembers workers who have
suffered and died at the workplace. Also honors those who
fought to prevent such tragedies in the future. |
| ILWU Monument |
Mission & Steuart Sts. |
San Francisco |
CA |
Commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the ILWU,
the monument commemorates the police killing of Howard
Sperry and Nick Bordoise on “Bloody Thursday,” July 5, 1934.
The incident sparked the 1934 general strike and led to the
founding of the ILWU. |
| Irish Rail Workers’ Monument |
Funk’s Grove Cemetery |
Funk’s Grove |
IL |
Many Irish immigrants worked on the central Illinois
railways in the mid-1800s. The more than 50 Irish rail
workers layed to rest in the mass graves are presumed
victims of the 1850s cholera epidemic. |
| Ironworkers Memorial |
Lorentz Ave., just west of Rt. 29 |
Peoria |
IL |
On April 24, 2000, three Ironworkers lost their lives
while working on the renovation of the McClugage Bridge. |
| Italian Hall |
Italian Hall Memorial Park, 7th Street |
Calumet |
MI |
The site where in 1913 at a Christmas Eve party for the
children of striking miners, a person yelled fire. The false
fire alarm triggered a panic. The doors only swung inward
causing a press of human bodies. 73 people died, over half
were children. |
| Italian-American Stonecutters Monument |
Dente Park, corner of North Main Street and Maple Avenue |
Barre |
VT |
Italian immigrants came to Barre in the late 1890s and
early 1900s to work as stonecutters. The monument is
dedicated to Carlo Abate, founder of the Barre Evening
Drawing School where working people could learn the arts of
vocational memorial design. |
| Jefferson County Jail |
Corner of N. George & E. Liberty Streets; Downtown
Charles Town Historic District |
Charles Town |
WV |
Miners who fought for recognition of the UMWA at the
Battle of Blair Mountain were incarcerated here before their
trial in the Jefferson County Courthouse in April, 1922.
Most miners were acquitted of charges, and those convicted
were paroled in 1925. |
| Johnstown Corporation Plaque |
Johnstown Corporation property on Central Avenue |
Johnstown |
PA |
Memorializes 3 workers at Johnstown Corporation who lost
their lives on Dec 13, 1989 while at work. Hot metal escaped
from a mold and the 3 men died instantly from breathing
superheated air. |
| Jones, Mary Harris “Mother” and Miners’ Monument |
Union Miners’ Cemetery |
Mount Olive |
IL |
Granite spire marks the grave of Mother Jones
(1830-1930), fiery champion of organized labor. Buried in
1930’s only union-owned cemetery next to “her boys”–4 miners
killed in a skirmish between striking workers & mine guards
at the Virden Mine in 1898. |
| Jones, Mary Harris “Mother”, Prison Site |
on WV 61 |
Pratt |
WV |
During the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912-1913,
troopers arrested Mother Jones and illegally held her in
this house for 85 days. She was still able to get messages
concerning conditions of miners to a US Senate investigation
committee. |
| Jones, Mary Harris “Mother,” Historical Marker |
Powder Mill & Riggs Roads |
Adelphi, Prince Georges County |
MD |
Marks the place of Mother Jones’ death at the Burgess
Farm on November 30, 1930. Jones spent the last 2 years of
her life being cared for by Lillie May Burgess. Mother Jones
celebrated her 100th birthday at the farm on May 1, 1930. |
| Jones, Walter, Memorial |
|
Birmingham |
AL |
Jones spent his life working in the coal mines and the
union. He was an officer of the union until 1917, then was
brought to the district office of the UMWA and later was an
international organizer until 1922 when the UMWA was forced
out of Alabama. |
| Kansas City Labor History Tour |
|
Kansas City |
MO |
The tour covers the 19th to the 20th century beginning
with Alderman Jim Pendergast and the West Bottoms. Includes
a monument to Terence V. Powderly. Marks locations of IWW
free speech fights and Ford sit-down strikes. |
| Kehoe, Jack, Hibernian House |
|
Girardville |
PA |
Nestled in Pennsylvania’s anthracite region, Jack
“Blackjack” Kehoe owned this tavern; the state sentenced him
to death in 1878 as a leader of the Molly Maguires. |
| Kelby, Alexander, Grave Marker |
Oak Grove Cemetery, Cottage Street |
Pawtucket |
RI |
On June 27, 1842, Kentish guards fired on unarmed
supporters of T.W. Dorr killing Alexander Kelby. Dorr led
Irish laborers and reformers in holding an independent,
nondiscriminatory political election, which created a
separate state government. |
| Labor Hall of Fame |
Frances Perkins Building; Dept. of Labor: 200
Constitution Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
The Labor Hall of Fame honors those Americans whose
distinctive contributions to the field of labor have
enhanced the quality of life of millions. Included are
leaders: Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, A. Philip Randolph,
Eugene V. Debs, and Mother Jones. |
| Lattimer Massacre Memorial & Historical Marker |
Lattimer mines, village entrance
(fork of “Front” & “Back” Sts.) |
Hazelton |
PA |
Immigrant workers remember the site where Polish,
Lithuanian and Slovak miners were gunned down by the
Lattimer Sheriff deputies on Sept. 10, 1897. The miners were
marching peacefully and without weapons for collective
bargaining and civil liberty. |
| Lewis, John L., Home |
614 Oronoco St. |
Alexandria |
VA |
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of
America (UMWA) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations
(CIO), lived here from 1937-1969 and was the last resident
owner of the historic home. |
| Lewis, John Llewellyn, Gravesite |
Oak Ridge Cemetery; 1441 Monument Ave. |
Springfield |
IL |
John L. Lewis (1880-1969) was President of the United
Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1920 to 1960. He and his
union played the leading role in forming the CIO and in
organizing the United Auto Workers and the United Steel
Workers of America. |
| Liberty Hill Monument |
5th St. & Harbor Blvd. |
San Pedro |
CA |
The Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union 510 of the
IWW rallied at Liberty Hill in 1923 to protest low wages,
bad conditions and imprisonment of union activists. Author
Upton Sinclair was arrested while attempting to read from
the Bill of Rights. |
| Little, Frank, Gravesite |
Mountainview Cemetery; Harrison Ave. |
Butte |
MT |
Marks the grave of Frank Little, who after organizing a
strike of metal miners against the Anaconda Company on Aug.
1, 1917, was dragged by six masked men from his Butte hotel
room and hung at the Milwaukee Railroad trestle. |
| Lopizzo, Anna, Grave Marker |
|
Lawrence |
MA |
Anna Lopizzo was killed at age 34 during the Bread and
Roses Strike of 1912 in Lawrence, MA. More than 30,000
laborers were on strike for 63 days against American Woolen
Co. after management cut wages. |
| Ludlow Massacre Monument |
located between Walsenburg and Trinidad, 0.75 mile west
of I-25 |
Ludlow |
CO |
Pays tribute to the 19 men, women and children killed in
their tent colony on April 20, 1914. The National Guard set
fire to the colony and shot those who fled. |
| Lundeberg, Harry, Memorial |
450 Harrison St., outside entrance to the Sailors Union
of the Pacific Hall |
San Francisco |
CA |
Harry Lundeberg (1901-1957) was president of the
Seafarers International Union (1938-1957), head of the
Sailors Union of the Pacific, and chartered the Brotherhood
of Marine Engineers in 1949. He established the first
pension and welfare plans for seamen. |
| Madison County Worker’s Memorial |
Gordon F. Moore Community Park |
Alton |
IL |
The winged memorials are made from Barre granite. The
statue is a life-size man carrying his hard hat and lunch
pail.
The memorial has a listing of workers who died on the job
in Madison County. |
| Make-Up Man |
New York
Typographical Union, CWA Local 14156; 352 Seventh Ave.,
Suite 601 |
New York |
NY |
A statue symbolizing the newspaper printing craft, the
bronze was commissioned by the “New York Post.” Two
compositors posed for the
sculptor, Max Kalish. New York’s Typographical Union #6
secured the statue as a
result of contract negotiations. |
| Marine Firemen Bas-Relief |
Marine Firemen’s Union Hall; 240 2nd Ave. |
San Francisco |
CA |
Bas-relief depicts marine firemen at work in the hull of
a ship. |
| Mather Mine Disaster Monument |
Jefferson Cemetery |
Mather |
PA |
197 men died in a mine explosion in 1928. Four bodies
were never found. |
| McGuire, Peter, Memorial |
Arlington Cemetery |
Pennsauken |
NJ |
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of
America dedicated this memorial to their founder, Peter
McGuire, in 1962. McGuire was also the first secretary of
the AFL. |
| McIntyre Mine Disaster Monument |
|
McIntyre |
PA |
On June 30, 1941 an explosion at the Kent No. 2 mine
killed seven men. The explosion was caused by dust in the
mine. This caused the area to become more aware of safety in
the mines. |
| “The Meaning of Social Security” Mural |
Voice of America; Wilbur J. Cohen Building; 330
Independence Ave. SW |
Washington |
DC |
Ben Shahn’s murals show the hardships of life before the
establishment of Social Security, and its benefits–work, the
family, and prosperity. Workers in various occupations are
shown re-building America through public works projects. |
| Mechanics Monument |
First & Market Sts. |
San Francisco |
CA |
The statue was erected for the workers at Union Iron
Works, the first foundry built in California. |
| Memphis Strike of 1968 Monument |
Local 1733 AFSCME Headquarters; Martin Luther King Jr.
Labor Center |
Memphis |
TN |
This stone recognizes the AFSCME Memphis city workers
who were on strike in 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
came to their aid. |
| Merchant Seamen Plaque |
Embarcadero; at the foot of Folsom St. |
San Francisco |
CA |
Merchant seamen have been responsible for merchant
shipping and transportation of resources during US wars.
These dangerous, yet critically important duties were most
notably significant during World War II. |
| Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark |
Hart Plaza; Jefferson Ave., west of Woodward St. |
Detroit |
MI |
A gift to Detroit from the labor movement,
“Transcending” depicts labor history, workers’ occupations
and labor’s vision for the future on a grand scale. The
63-foot steel arch is surrounded by bronze reliefs detailing
labor’s contributions. |
| Michigan Lumberman’s Memorial |
Au Sable River Park |
16 miles NW of Tawas City |
MI |
Located in a small park on Michigan’s lower peninsula,
overlooking the Au Sable River, this statue perpetuates the
memory of the early Michigan lumber workers who were all
over the Michigan countryside. |
| Miley, J. Frank, Gravesite |
|
Morgantown |
WV |
J. Frank Miley was former president of District 31. He
died in Sept. 1939. He was a forerunner of the rights of
miners during the 1930s. He believed firmly in the rights to
organize and bargain collectively. |
| Miners’ Mound |
public park |
Negaunee |
MI |
Remembers Frank G. Matthews, Sr. who maintained a museum
concerned with the iron miners of the area in his own home.
This collection became the basis for the Michigan Iron
Industry Museum. |
| Miner’s Union Hall |
B St. |
Virginia City |
NV |
Built in 1876, the building named the “Miners Union
Library” replaced the original Union Hall (constructed
1870).The Virginia City Miners’ Union, founded in 1867,
“fought for recognition, safety, family welfare, and a
living wage [of] $4.00 per day.” |
| Miners’ Union Hall, WFM Local #32 |
110 N. 4th St. |
Victor |
CO |
To secure the 8-hour-day and unionize the gold fields,
the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) led a strike in the
Cripple Creek area from 1903-04. Gov. James H. Peabody
worked with corporate mining interests, using the state
militia to crush the union. |
| Mitchell, John, Monument |
Courthouse Sq. on Adams Ave., between Linden and Spruce
Sts. |
Scranton |
PA |
Honors John Mitchell, UMWA President, who led
Pennsylvania anthracite miners in an industry-wide strike
for higher wages and better working conditions. |
| Mullaney, Kate, House |
350 8th St. |
Troy |
NY |
Kate Mullaney, founder of the first female labor union
in the U.S., the Collar Laundry Union, lived in this house
from 1869-1875. As assistant secretary of the National Labor
Union, Mullaney was the first female appointee to a national
labor office. |
| Mullaney, Kate, Memorial |
St. Peter’s Cemetery; NY Rt. 40 (Oakwood Avenue,)
northeast of Troy |
Troy |
NY |
In Feb. 1864, Irish immigrant Kate Mullaney organized
approximately 300 women into the first female labor union in
the U.S., the Collar Laundry Union. In 1868, Mullaney became
the first woman to hold a leadership position in the
National Labor Union. |
| Murphy, John, Memorial |
Fairmount Cemetery; 430 S. Quebec St. |
Denver |
CO |
Murphy (1882-1908), one of the first labor attorneys,
successfully fought in the courts for the 8-hour day.
Nicknamed “Eight Hour Murphy.” His last fight was getting
William D. Haywood acquitted from trumped up charges. Murphy
died March 3, 1908. |
| Murray, Philip, Bridge |
Chartiers Creek |
Canonsburg |
PA |
Spanning the creek near Curry Field, where steelworkers
rallied in 1931, this bridge memorializes Philip Murray,
founding member and past president of the United
Steelworkers of America (USWA). |
| Museum in the Park |
Old Row |
Mt. Savage |
MD |
The boyhood home of Cardinal Edward Mooney is one of the
many “company houses” built by the mining company. |
| National Association of Letter Carriers Centennial
Monument |
Plankinton Triangle; 808 N. Plankinton Ave. |
Milwaukee |
WI |
Commemorates the nearby site where 60 carriers met in a
room above the Schaefer’s Saloon on Aug. 30, 1889, to
organize the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). |
| National Farmer’s Memorial |
Agricultural Hall of Fame & National Center |
Bonner Springs |
KS |
Honors the profession of American farmers. |
| National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial |
E St., between 4th & 5th Sts. NW |
Washington |
DC |
The Memorial honors all of America’s federal, state and
local law enforcement officers who have been killed in the
line of duty, dating back to the first known death in 1794. |
| Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial |
401 S. Carson; park in front of the Capitol |
Carson City |
NV |
Monument features plaques, inscribed poetry, and a list
of Nevada law enforcement officers who lost their lives on
the job. |
| New Century Guild Building |
1307 Locust St. |
Philadelphia |
PA |
The New Century Guild was founded in 1882 and was formed
explicitly from the outset to address specific needs of
“self-supporting women.” This was a bold step at the time
when Americans believed that no self-respecting woman would
work for pay. |
| Nixon, E.D., Home |
647 Clinton Ave. |
Montgomery |
AL |
E.D. Nixon was a porter for the Pullman Company and
served as president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters’ Union several times. As NAACP Montgomery Chapter
president, Nixon recruited M.L. King Jr. to assist in the
Bus Boycott of 1955-56. |
| Old Fireman’s Hall |
|
Detroit |
MI |
In an upstairs office on May 8,1863, the constitution of
the Brotherhood of the Footboard was ratified by engineers.
Later became the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. |
| Old Labor Hall |
46 Granite St. |
Barre |
VT |
Erected in 1900 by Italian immigrant stonecutters, the
hall served as a place for socialist and labor meetings, and
continued to be a social club until 1936. The basement
served as a grocery cooperative from 1901-1926. |
| Pettibone, George, Monument |
Fairmount Cemetery; 430 S. Quebec St. |
Denver |
CO |
Pettibone was blacklisted by the mining industry, so he
opened a catering shop for the Western Federation of Miners.
He was labeled a “troublemaker” and was framed and jailed by
Pinkerton detectives. He was acquitted in 1908. |
| Pipeline Workers Monument |
front entrance of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company;
Dayville Rd. |
Valdez |
AK |
On June 20, 1977, oil began traveling through the
trans-Alaska pipeline. 70,000 people worked on the pipeline,
history’s largest privately-financed construction project. |
| Players Club |
Gramercy Park |
New York |
NY |
Mansion was once owned by actor Edwin Booth who left his
home to the Players Club - used as group meeting place for
theatrical people (club members). In 1913, library was used
to form the Actors’ Equity Association. |
| Poultry Worker’s Memorial |
|
Pasadena |
TX |
Honors workers in a poultry factory that were killed in
an explosion in 1989. |
| Powderly, Terence V., Gravesite |
Rock Creek Church Cemetery |
Washington |
DC |
Powderly, the national leader of the Knights of Labor
from 1878-1893, led the organization from secrecy to
national prominence. By mid-1886 the KOL numbered about one
million, including women and racial minorities. |
| Powderly, Terence, Home |
503 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW |
Washington |
DC |
After relinquishing leadership of the Knights of Labor,
Terence Powderly moved to Washington, D.C., in 1897 when he
was appointed U.S. Commissioner General of Immigration. He
built the home to host his many friends and Mother Jones was
a frequent visitor. |
| Prospect V-III Mining Memorial |
Frostburg State College |
Frostburg |
MD |
Coal was first discovered in the U.S. in nearby Georges
Creek Basin during an 1872 survey conducted by George
Washington. Since the birth of the U.S. coal industry,
miners have experienced risk and hardship, unionization
battles, and work-related disease. |
| “The Prospector” Statue |
The Alaska Pioneers Home; Lincoln & Katlian Sts. |
Sitka |
AK |
The discovery and mining of gold in Alaska and the
pioneering of new territory could offer substantial wealth
and fame for prospectors. The Alaska Pioneers Home, started
in 1913, was constructed for elderly gold prospectors. |
| Quinn, Richard F., Monument |
|
Philadelphia |
PA |
Honors Richard F. Quinn who was a letter carrier and
charter member of the National Association of Letter
Carriers in 1889. |
| Railroad Strike of 1877 State Historical Marker |
Liberty Avenue & 26th St. |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
Railroad and industrial workers revolted against the
concentration of wealth and economic disruption resulting
from technological change. In a prolonged and bloody
confrontation with thousands of citizens, the Philadelphia
militia killed at least 26. |
| Railroad Workers’ Monument |
Miller Park |
Bloomington |
IL |
Commemorates thousands of railroad shop workers who
contributed to building communities in central Illinois. The
railroad shops first opened in Bloomington in 1854 and
produced railroad cars. |
| Randolph, A. Philip, Memorial |
Union Station, departing/outgoing trains |
Washington |
DC |
Honors the labor leader and civil rights leader A.
Philip Randolph, leader of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters. |
| Randolph, A. Philip, Memorial |
New Back Bay Station waiting room |
Boston |
MA |
The bronze statue represents A. Philip Randolph
(1889-1979), labor leader, civil rights leader, founder and
first president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. |
| Reuther Memorial |
UAW Black Lake Labor Education Center |
Onaway |
MI |
In 1946, Walter Reuther was elected president of the
United Auto Workers and in 1952, the head of the CIO. In
1955, he became vice president of the merged AFL-CIO.
Reuther supported both civil rights and social welfare
legislation during his labor career. |
| Rincon Annex Post Office Murals |
Rincon Post Office Annex; 101 Spear St., at Mission St. |
San Francisco |
CA |
The WPA commissioned these indoor murals depicting the
history of San Francisco, including panels of labor prisoner
Tom Mooney, Harry Bridges during the 1934 General Strike,
and Chinese labor building the railroads. |
| Rock Island Worker’s Memorial |
park |
Rock Island |
IL |
Commemorates workers who have lost their lives on the
job. The park where the memorial was placed is the site of
the old AFL Labor Temple. |
| Rosie the Riveter Memorial |
Corner of Regatta & Marina Bay Pkwy., in the Marina Bay
Park |
Richmond |
CA |
Marks the accomplishments and remembers the hardships of
the women known as “Rosies,” who worked in the Kaiser
Shipyards during WWII. 747 warships were produced at
Shipyard No. 2. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti Memorial |
Boston Public Library; 700 Boylston St., Copley Sq. |
Boston |
MA |
On Aug. 23, 1927, immigrant Italian anarchists Sacco and
Vanzetti were accused of murder and executed after a trial
widely viewed as unfair. The case became an international
cause and sparked demonstrations and strikes throughout the
world. |
| Sellers, Capt. Isaiah, Grave Marker |
Bellefontaine Cemetery; 4947 West Florissant |
St. Louis |
MO |
Captain Isaiah Sellers (c. 1802-1864) logged over one
million miles at the wheel of a steamboat, and introduced
the signal for passing whistle that was made into law by
Congress, and is still in use by riverboats. |
| Sellins, Fannie and Starzeleski, Joseph, Monument |
Union Cemetery |
Arnold |
PA |
Marks the gravesites of Fannie Sellins and Joseph
Starzeleski, who were murdered by company guards on a picket
line in Brackenridge, PA, on Aug. 26, 1919. Sellins was a
United Mine Workers organizer and Starzeleski was a miner. |
| Sellins, Fannie, Historical Marker |
entrance to Union Cemetery |
Arnold |
PA |
Pittsburgh unionists located this marker near the grave
of Fannie Sellins. The United Mine Workers of America
organizer was murdered on Aug. 26, by Coal & Iron police,
while picketing during the nationwide steel strike of 1919. |
| Sentinel |
Washington Park |
Centralia |
WA |
Commemorates the deaths of four American Legionnaires
during the Centralia Armistice Day Riot of 1919. They were
killed when they attempted to enter a IWW union hall. The
“official version” says they were killed for no reason
during the parade. |
| Service Employees International Union Bas-Relief |
1313 L St. NW |
Washington |
DC |
Inscribed, “In Unity, Strength,” the relief depicts
labor’s progress, from the days of early factory workers to
today’s SEIU membership. |
| Skygate |
Embarcadero; Pier 39 |
San Francisco |
CA |
Honors the longshoreman/poet/philosopher, Eric Hoffer,
who died in 1983. |
| “The Social History of the State of Missouri” Mural |
House of Representatives Lounge, State Capitol Building;
W. Main St. |
Jefferson City |
MO |
Benton portrays carpenters, blacksmiths, farmers,
miners, meat processors, and industrial workers. The mural’s
condemnation of Missouri’s slave past as well as its
celebration of the common worker and farmer caused a
political uproar. |
| Southern Illinois Coal Miners Memorial |
city park |
Marissa |
IL |
Dedicated to the coal miners of southern Illinois.
Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the United Mine Workers
of America. |
| Speculator Mine Monument |
Mountain View Cemetery; Harrison Ave. |
Butte |
MT |
Honors the 164 to 190 workers killed on June 8, 1917 at
Speculator Mine. These non-unionized workers were “roasted
to death” 2400′ underground. Three days later, unionizing
efforts were undertaken by 10,000-20,000 Butte miners. |
| St. John, Vincent, Memorial |
|
Oakland |
CA |
Honors Vincent St. John, a great labor organizer who
died poor and was buried in an unmarked grave. “The Saint”
was a founder of both the Western Federation of Miners and
the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). |
| Strasser, Adolph, Gravesite |
Forest Home Cemetery (Waldheim); Desplaines Ave. |
Forest Park |
IL |
Marks the grave of Adolph Strasser who was the head of
the Cigar Makers Union and one of the founders of the AFL in
1886. Strasser died on Jan. 1, 1939. |
| Sturdivant, John, Bust |
Frances Perkins Building; Dept. of Labor: 200
Constitution Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
John Sturdivant was the president of the American
Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) from 1988 until
his death in 1997. He is credited with revitalizing AFGE as
a key players in federal personnel issues. |
| “Sun” Boys’ Memorial |
Loudon Park Cemetery; 3801 Frederick Ave. |
Baltimore |
MD |
On July 4, 1924, five newspaper boys from the “Baltimore
Sun” died when the steamer they were on, the Three Rivers,
caught fire. Because they were band members, the memorial
reads, “They have all moved a little closer to the Master of
all music.” |
| Sylvis, William H., Historical Marker |
Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus |
Indiana |
PA |
Labor history advocates placed a marker to William
Sylvis on the present campus of Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. It notes his birthplace in Indiana County, Pa.
Sylvis founded the Molders’ Union in 1859 and the National
Labor Union in 1868. |
| Sylvis, William, Monument |
Fernwood Cemetery; 6501 Baltimore Ave. |
Lansdowne |
PA |
Marks the grave of William Sylvis who was a founder of
the Molders Union, and became president in 1863. Also
founded the International Journal, was devoted to the idea
of International Unions. He advocated women and
African-American memberships in unions. |
| Talbot, Tom, Statue |
Grant Park |
Atlanta |
GA |
Tom Talbot was the founder and first president of the
International Association of Machinists. |
| Thompson, J.C., Home & Historical Marker |
633 West Hanover Street |
Marshall |
MI |
In April 1863, a meeting here formed the Brotherhood of
the Footboard (renamed Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
in 1864). J.C. Thompson was one of the founders. |
| TOTH Mining Memorial |
Smelter Hill, South Dakota State University School of
Mines |
Rapid City |
SD |
The 1874 confirmation of gold in the Black Hills marked
the beginning of the Gold Rush. Ignoring an 1868 treaty,
prospectors flocked to the area. Mining came to represent
both wealth for whites, and cultural destruction for Native
Americans.
. |
| Triangle Fire Ladder Plaque |
Ladder Company 20 |
New York |
NY |
Dedicated to the firemen of Company 20 that responded to
the Fire at Triangle Shirtwaist Company on March 25, 1911.
146 workers were killed in the fire. |
| Triangle Fire Plaque (cemetery) |
Workmen’s Circle section of Mt. Zion Cemetery |
New York |
NY |
Commemorates the 146 workers (mostly female) that died
when their factory caught on fire. Most died because the
fire doors were locked. There was no fire alarm system, no
sprinklers, an inoperative fire hose & the only fire escape
didn’t reach the ground. |
| Triangle Fire Plaque (factory site) |
Washington Pl. & Green St. |
New York |
NY |
Garment workers mark the site, near Washington Square,
of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25, 1911 where 146
mostly female workers lost their lives. The fire spurred
safety movements by unions. |
| Tribute to Nevada Miners Statue |
401 S. Carson St. |
Carson City |
NV |
In recognition of, and in tribute to the miners who
worked in the Nevada mine industry from the mid-1800s on. |
| UAW West Side Local 174 WPA Mural |
29841 Van Born Rd. |
Romulus |
MI |
Depicting the history of labor and the United Auto
Workers (UAW), the mural shows the “Battle of the Overpass”
and the sit-down strike. The artist, Walter Speck, was the
head of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Detroit. |
| United Mine Workers of America International
Headquarters, 1937-99 |
900 15th St. NW |
Washington |
DC |
Under the leadership of John L. Lewis, the United Mine
Workers of America (UMWA) moved their headquarters to
Washington, D.C., in 1937. The union sold the building in
1999. |
| Waite, Governor Davis H., Monument |
Red Butte Cemetery |
Aspen |
CO |
During the Cripple Creek strike of 1893-94, Gov. Waite
took the unprecedented action of calling out state militia
to protect striking workers. The Governor also helped to
negotiate a peaceful settlement to the strike. |
| Washington National Cathedral’s Labor Windows |
Massachusetts & Wisconsin Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
The three stained glass windows honor the contributions
of America’s labor unions by featuring individual union
seals. Each window is dedicated to the work of the labor
leaders Samuel Gompers, Philip Murray, and William Green. |
| West Virginia Workers’ Memorial |
West Virginia AFL-CIO; 501 Leon Sullivan Way |
Charleston |
WV |
Monument erected in the honor of workers everywhere who
have lost their lives to the workplace. |
| White, John P., Gravesite |
Glendale Cemetery |
Des Moines |
IA |
John P. White was the 7th international president of the
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1911-1917.
Renowned for his achievement of winning the 8-hour day in
the anthracite region, he was a key figure in lifting wages
and working standards. |
| Wilberg Coal Mine Disaster Memorial |
off UT State Hwy. 29 |
Orangeville |
UT |
Honors the victims (both men and women) of the Wilberg
Coal Mine Disaster of Dec.19, 1984 - called the worst coal
mine fire disaster in Utah history. 26 men and one woman
were killed. |
| Worker Statue |
Market St. |
Lowell |
MA |
Modeled after Hugh Commiskey, who, with 30 other men,
walked from Charlestown to Lowell in the mid 1850’s to begin
the work of building and repairing the city’s canals. |
| Workers Memorial Tower |
Heritage Park |
Reading |
PA |
The memorial tower was a part of the bridge that carried
workers across tracks and yards of the Reading Railroad. It
was known as the “Swinging Bridge.” |
| Workers Walkway |
Miller Park Stadium; 1 Brewers Way |
Milwaukee |
WI |
On July 14, 1999, Iron Workers Local 8 members, Jeffrey
Wischer, William DeGrave and Jerome Starr were killed in a
crane accident while working on Miller Park Stadium.
Approximately 6,000 people spent more than 200 million hours
building Miller Park. |
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