#laborfacts

#DidYouKnow? - The Wage Earners Suffrage League, headed by shirtwaist worker Leonora O'Reilly, and a ferment worker, Clara Lemlich, held a women's suffrage rally at Cooper Union's Great Hall in NYC in 1912. #NowYouKnow #LaborFacts #FactFridays #UnionHistory #1U (at Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TC-oOAmfn/?igshid=8z84vee9syfa

#DidYouKnow? In 1893, Lillian Wald founded the Henry Street Settlement and ran a whole social service network out of a row of houses located on Henry Street in Manhattan. #NowYouKnow #LaborFacts #FactFridays #UnionHistory #1U https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BTYVWANUo/?igshid=1fnw1i6uustoa

#DidYouKnow? In 1878 the Albany Granite Cutters’ Union was founded. Stonecutters helped found the Albany Workingmen’s Assembly in 1882. #NowYouKnow #LaborFacts #FactFridays #UnionHistory #1U https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dBHkWA4_1/?igshid=1bldvomiqoq5g

#DidYouKnow? In 1914-1915 in the midst of a depression, members of the Industrial Workers of the World waged constant battles with authorities over free speech rights. The Free Speech League gave I.W.W. legal support and won workers the right to "soapbox" in Union Square. #NowYouKnow #FactFridays #UnionHistory #LaborFacts (at Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5K6d2HAEDI/?igshid=qbfxlr7e2k6g

#DidYouKnow? - In 1916, Finnish carpenters living in Sunset Park built the first cooperative apartment house in New York City. #NowYouKnow #LaborFacts #FactFridays #UnionHistory #1U (at Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4m6pgXgS05/?igshid=86g24xvddnka

#DidYouKnow? - In 1968, the first professors' union was organized at Buffalo State and became the United University Professions, AFT. #NowYouKnow #LaborFacts #FactFridays #UnionFacts #1U (at Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xgLylgxL5/?igshid=iynqahrfkvgt

#DidYouKnow? - In 1884, eight railroad workers met in a caboose in Oneonta during the summer of 1883 & organized a union. The Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen held its first convention on October 20, 1884. #NowYouKnow #LaborFacts #UnionHistory #FactFriday #UnionFacts #1U (at Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3feh54A0IL/?igshid=kuxgva9uomig

#DidYouKnow? The city of Elmira held its first Labor Day celebration in 1894 at Eldridge Park under the auspices of the City Federation of Labor, with events like foot, bicycle and wheelbarrow races, a ball game, and dancing. #NowYouKnow #FactFriday #UnionHistory #LaborFacts #LaborDay #HappyFriday (at Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ynJ1kgxCz/?igshid=1rtz4ejzzpsv8