Join us for an online version of the Labor Leadership Academy History & Power of Labor class.
This class will meet for 3 consecutive Wednesdays on December 3, 10, & 17 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This is a pilot program and will count towards your Labor Leadership Academy certificate.

What does the history of the U.S. look like when viewed from the point of view of those who built the country? The class reviews working-class and labor history since the Civil War, but focuses (with films) on some key labor struggles such as the 1894 Pullman Strike; organizing in the mine and textile industries; the growth of trade unionism; the rise of the CIO and the autoworker sit-down strikes; the impact of McCarthyism on the labor movement; and the expansion of public sector unionization (1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike and the 1970 Postal Workers Strike).