Be sure to watch HBO’s premier of Schamatta: Rags to Riches to Rags airing Monday, October 19, 2009, 9pm, on HBO worldwide. See the truth about the importance of Unions, organizing, strengthening the middle class, and confronting greed.

October 13 - October 19
Free and Open to the Public
This year it’s featuring the first annual whistleblower series!

Introducing the Charm City Labor Chorus

Founded by Pam Parker this new addition to both the Labor Chorus and Labor Heritage families meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in Baltimore, MD.  Singers are welcome to join us. Charm City Labor Chorus is under the direction of Labor Heritage Foundation Executive Director, Darryl! L.C. Moch

Julius Margolin:  1916-2009
Activist, Artist, Organizer, and Inspiration

Our hearts and spirits go out to the family and friends of our friend, hero, and champion Julius Margolin, our comrade in the struggle for equity and fairness for America’s working people, particularly, and to all of America and our global community.
Peace and blessings, to George Mann his long time friend and [...]

Music teacher Ken Giles of Shepherd Elementary School in Washington, DC has created a unique curriculum and full-length performance to show how music reflects and teaches about the links between history art culture and social movements. The idea that songs can change our lives is at the core of “Songs of Freedom and Justice” which takes us through 150 years of American people’s history.

Listen to the voices, witness the process, see how the conversations and understandings evolve as high school students from across the US dive into the topics of white privilege, racism and injustice in their lives.

As a member of the United Scenic Artists Union Local #829, Kathleen Farrell frequently creates easel paintings, murals and sculptures for union conventions and union halls. Her labor paintings have been featured in exhibitions at the
Field Museum in Chicago, the American Labor
Museum, the Bread & Roses Gallery 1199 and The
Puffin Room Center for the Arts & Activism.