“Made in St. Paul: Stories from the Ford plant” covers more than 86 years of Ford’s history in Minnesota.
Dig into labor history with Untold Stories
April 25, 2018 by
The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library rolls out its Untold Stories series each May for Labor History Month. The series focuses on workers’ rights.
Community Ed offers courses in labor history, construction careers
January 10, 2018 by
Want to learn more about local labor history? Looking to explore career opportunities in the construction trades? Community Ed has you covered.
Friends’ labor history series looks back on ‘World in Turmoil’
April 24, 2017 by
May is labor history month, and for the last 18 years, the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library have marked the occasion with a series of labor-related programs in the city’s libraries and union halls. The award-winning “Untold Stories” series will continue this May, with an appropriately severe theme for the dawn of the […]
Dave Kamper: Missed opportunity 50 years ago offers insight into labor’s current challenges
July 5, 2016 by
The Union Advocate recently reported that Local 1189 of the UFCW has rejected a so-called “final offer” in negotiations with the owners of Cub, Rainbow, Lunds & Byerly’s, and other major retail grocers in the East Metro. Notably absent from the negotiations, of course, are two of the largest grocery retailers in the Metro, Wal-Mart […]
Friedrichs is history (maybe), but Minnesota workers aren’t letting their guard down
May 3, 2016 by
Labor History Month kicked off in St. Paul last night with a discussion of history in the making, as panelists offered insight into public-sector workers’ recent push to breath new life into their unions and defend their right to a voice on the job. The public forum, titled “The Friedrichs Case and the Future […]
A ‘labor hall for the community,’ East Side Freedom Library off to promising start
August 5, 2015 by
Since the 99-year-old Carnegie library at Greenbrier and Jessamine reopened as the East Side Freedom Library last year, it’s hosted concerts and film screenings, lectures and panel discussions, an economics workshop and a Juneteenth celebration. The independent, nonprofit library is becoming the center of grassroots community activity, history and storytelling that East Siders Peter Rachleff […]
Marker honoring fallen Minneapolis Teamsters to be dedicated July 18
July 8, 2015 by
After a lengthy fundraising campaign, the Remember 1934 Committee will unveil a permanent plaque July 18 in the Warehouse District of downtown Minneapolis commemorating the historic Teamsters strikes that echoed across the U.S. – and made Minneapolis a union town. The committee will host an unveiling and celebration at 11 a.m. July 18 at the […]
Leading scholars to discuss past, present and future of labor movement
July 8, 2015 by
The East Side Freedom Library will host a conversation on labor history July 18 with two of the nation’s leading activist scholars in the field. The event is free and open to all. University of California at Santa Barbara professors Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein will lead the informal conversation. Boris and Lichtenstein “have produced […]
Films, stories, lectures celebrate Black History Month at East Side Freedom Library
February 2, 2015 by
The East Side Freedom Library will mark Black History Month with a series of free, public programs at 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul. “Brooklyn Castles” (flier). St. Paul Federation of Teachers Local 28 will co-sonsor a screening and discussion of the film, which follows students at an impoverished school who win national championships in chess, […]
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