Events - Month View

A bold new exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Industry exploring the historic and contemporary organized labor movement.

In celebration and remembrance of May Day, the Historical Society of Forest Park will feature biographies about residents of Radical Row at various graves, as well as provide information about the Haymarket Affair and its monument. Weather permitting, we will display signs at individual graves from Saturday through Wednesday. At 1:00 in the chapel, we will honor Larry Spivack, President of Illinois Labor History Society, this year‘s recipient of the Mark Rogovin Working Class Hero Award. Please join us in celebrating his contribution to labor history. Immediately following, we will unveil the plaque and dedicate the Dr. Joseph Carter Corbin Gravesite as a National Historic Place. The event will be hosted by John Rice, with speakers including Rory Hoskins, Mayor of Forest Park and Dr. David Ware, Arkansas Historian & Director of Arkansas State Archives.

From May 1st (10am EST) through May 4th (10pm), members of the Global Labor Film Festival Network are screening "The Revolt of the Good Guys" free, on-demand, and worldwide on the Workers Unite! FilmFest Eventive page: https://watch.eventive.org/workersunitefilmfest2024 (or shortlink bit.ly/WatchWUFF13). Late on the evening of March 17th, 1970, 1,551 rank-and-file letter carriers in New York City (NALC) did something that had never been done before. In an ultimate act of civil disobedience, they voted to strike against the federal government, igniting an illegal work stoppage that spread across the country like wildfire, crippling the nation’s postal system. Eight days in March of 1970 marked the tipping point for what had been a decades-long struggle for equality and respect. It was the nation‘s largest-ever wildcat strike, forcing President Richard Nixon to come to the table. As a result, letter carriers earned a significant raise, collective bargaining rights and the respect of a nation, shaping a brighter future for themselves and for those who came after them.

On May Day, join the Labor Heritage Foundation to lay a wreath at the Mother Jones Historic Marker (Powder Mill Road & Riggs Road) Sponsored by LHF and UnionPlus

There will be a panel on May 1st in the afternoon at the Heinz History Center highlighting the history of women in the labor movement in Pittsburgh. After the panel, guests will be encouraged to view the exhibit “A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh,” which features Anne Feeney. Later in the evening we will gather at Mr. Smalls Theater for the concert/celebration of life. 12pm: Panel Discussion at the Heinz History Museum. 6pm: Concert at the Mr. Smalls Theatre. For those joining the celebration via LIVESTREAM please RSVP to receive the livestream link!

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Lecture: Lydia Howrilka from NYPL speaks on the development of labor activism in the Bronx from the 19th century through the present day. The Bronx History and Activism Project (BxHAP) is a biweekly virtual history and civic program that introduces participants to a topic in local history and utilizes local primary and secondary sources to help bring the topic to life. Free.

Join the Illinois Labor History Society, Chicago Federation of Labor, union members and supporters on Wednesday, May 1 at the Haymarket Memorial to celebrate May Day. This year, representatives of the Icelandic Confederation of Labour and the Truckers Union of the Province Of Santa Fe, Argentina will dedicate plaques to the monument.

Guest speaker: Robin Hazard Ray, historian, essayist & crime fiction writer: A Death at the Labor Hall: Elia Corti & the Cronaca Sovversiva-Il Proletario Feud. 5p Social Hour; 6p Traditional Italian Dinner

Followed by a discussion about Iowa‘s current LGBTQ+ and labor alliances.

Screening with Filmmaker Rebecca Fasanello: Viola Hippert grew up a child of Serbian immigrants in the shadow of the Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna, New York. Her family’s strong work ethic laid the groundwork for “Vi” to become a Rosie the Riveter at Bell Aircraft Corporation during WWII. Now in her late 90s, Vi reflects on her life. Free. steelplantmuseumwny@gmail.com

Musical Celebration: Screening of award-winning 30-minute documentary The Internationale. Performances by George Mann, accompanied by Marty Confurius & Al Podber; NJ Industrial Union Council Solidarity Singers. Lyric soprano Annamaria Stefanelli will sing opera arias popular among immigrant workers. Tribute to the late trade-union-activist-turned-folksinger, Julius Margolin. $10. Refreshments will be served. labormuseum@aol.com

Come sing along with the DC Labor Chorus as they celebrate May Day!

THE OLD OAK is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor, TJ, are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering town, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village in this deeply moving drama about loss, fear and the difficulty of finding hope. Following the 2020 release of his SORRY WE MISSED YOU, legendary British director Ken Loach, who is 87 years old, announced that THE OLD OAK would be his final film. (Note adapted from Zeitgeist Films.) DIR Ken Loach; SCR Paul Laverty; PROD Rebecca O‘Brien. UK, 2023, color, 113 min. NOT RATED

From May 1st (10am EST) through May 4th (10pm), members of the Global Labor Film Festival Network are screening "The Revolt of the Good Guys" free, on-demand, and worldwide on the Workers Unite! FilmFest Eventive page: https://watch.eventive.org/workersunitefilmfest2024 (or shortlink bit.ly/WatchWUFF13). Late on the evening of March 17th, 1970, 1,551 rank-and-file letter carriers in New York City (NALC) did something that had never been done before. In an ultimate act of civil disobedience, they voted to strike against the federal government, igniting an illegal work stoppage that spread across the country like wildfire, crippling the nation’s postal system. Eight days in March of 1970 marked the tipping point for what had been a decades-long struggle for equality and respect. It was the nation‘s largest-ever wildcat strike, forcing President Richard Nixon to come to the table. As a result, letter carriers earned a significant raise, collective bargaining rights and the respect of a nation, shaping a brighter future for themselves and for those who came after them.

A weekly radio show celebrating the cultural heritage of the American worker. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant and produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation; broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM Podcast version available at 2p: https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fredrick D. Redmond is the Labor Heritage Foundation‘s 2024 Solidarity Award-winner! Elise Bryant, retiring LHF Executive Director, is our Joe Hill Award-winner. Get your tickets at the link below.

Fri, May 3, 9-5 2-day conference: 9:15 panel: The Slave Trade in New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic World. Afternoon Panel: Dutch Slavery in North America: Evan Haefeli, Texas A&M Univ. New Netherland and Indigenous Slavery; Jeroen Dewulf, U.C. Berkeley, The Captives of the Bruynvisch: New Insights into the Origins and Identity of Manhattan’s First Enslaved Africans; Jennifer Tosch, Black Heritage Tours: New York State & Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Transatlantic Narratives Connecting Dutch, African and Native American Histories. Free. Langston Hughes Auditorium, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, NYC 10037. (212) 491-2265.

From May 1st (10am EST) through May 4th (10pm), members of the Global Labor Film Festival Network are screening "The Revolt of the Good Guys" free, on-demand, and worldwide on the Workers Unite! FilmFest Eventive page: https://watch.eventive.org/workersunitefilmfest2024 (or shortlink bit.ly/WatchWUFF13). Late on the evening of March 17th, 1970, 1,551 rank-and-file letter carriers in New York City (NALC) did something that had never been done before. In an ultimate act of civil disobedience, they voted to strike against the federal government, igniting an illegal work stoppage that spread across the country like wildfire, crippling the nation’s postal system. Eight days in March of 1970 marked the tipping point for what had been a decades-long struggle for equality and respect. It was the nation‘s largest-ever wildcat strike, forcing President Richard Nixon to come to the table. As a result, letter carriers earned a significant raise, collective bargaining rights and the respect of a nation, shaping a brighter future for themselves and for those who came after them.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Conference: 9:15 panel: Women and Slavery: Susanah Romney, NYU, Reytory, Palesa, and Lysbeth: Building Biographies of Black Women in New Amsterdam; Nicole Maskiell, Univ. of South Carolina, Fifty Bevers: The Gender of Slavery in New Netherland; Andrea Mosterman, Univ. of New Orleans, "I was their midwife": Enslaved Women, Pregnancy, and Motherhood on Dutch Slave Ships. Free. Robert H. Smith Auditorium, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, NYC 10024. (212) 485-9268.

From May 1st (10am EST) through May 4th (10pm), members of the Global Labor Film Festival Network are screening "The Revolt of the Good Guys" free, on-demand, and worldwide on the Workers Unite! FilmFest Eventive page: https://watch.eventive.org/workersunitefilmfest2024 (or shortlink bit.ly/WatchWUFF13). Late on the evening of March 17th, 1970, 1,551 rank-and-file letter carriers in New York City (NALC) did something that had never been done before. In an ultimate act of civil disobedience, they voted to strike against the federal government, igniting an illegal work stoppage that spread across the country like wildfire, crippling the nation’s postal system. Eight days in March of 1970 marked the tipping point for what had been a decades-long struggle for equality and respect. It was the nation‘s largest-ever wildcat strike, forcing President Richard Nixon to come to the table. As a result, letter carriers earned a significant raise, collective bargaining rights and the respect of a nation, shaping a brighter future for themselves and for those who came after them.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Join us for a staged reading of longtime labor organizer Gene Bruskin‘s new musical "The Return of John Brown" co-sponsored by the Labor Heritage Foundation and Teaching for Change.

Book Launch Party/Panel Discussion: led by Book Editor Mae Ngai, Photographer Alan Chin, and Pearl River Mart President Joanne Kwong introduce this collection of never-before-seen photographs alongside Corky Lee’s most renowned images of Asian American history and activism, documenting moments of inclusion, resistance, and ethnic pride. Program includes a lion dance performance by the Chinatown Community Young Lions. Purchase the book from Chinatown’s beloved bookstore, Yu and Me, and explore a pop-up exhibition showcasing Corky’s iconic photos with refreshments. Delve deeper: www.corkylee.org Free. Manny Cantor Center, 197 E Broadway, NYC 10002.

THE OLD OAK is the last pub standing in a once thriving mining village in northern England, a gathering space for a community that has fallen on hard times. There is growing anger, resentment and a lack of hope among the residents, but the pub and its proprietor, TJ, are a fond presence to their customers. When a group of Syrian refugees move into the floundering town, a decisive rift fueled by prejudices develops between the community and its newest inhabitants. The formation of an unexpected friendship between TJ and a young Syrian woman named Yara opens up new possibilities for the divided village in this deeply moving drama about loss, fear and the difficulty of finding hope. Following the 2020 release of his SORRY WE MISSED YOU, legendary British director Ken Loach, who is 87 years old, announced that THE OLD OAK would be his final film. (Note adapted from Zeitgeist Films.) DIR Ken Loach; SCR Paul Laverty; PROD Rebecca O‘Brien. UK, 2023, color, 113 min. NOT RATED

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

3rd annual International celebration of the labor icon. The year-long celebration of Virden to Mt. Olive, 1898-1899, continues with the Mother Jones Festival. We will honor the UMWA, the Virden Battle victory, the Union Miners cemetery, and Mother Jones with a commemoration and remembrance at the Union Miners Cemetery and a street festival on Main Street in Mt. Olive. Music: Casting Runes, Wildflower, Conspiracy, Piasa Canyon, Nick Krumweide Magic and Medicine Show: Randy Thompson MAC Art Bus sidewalk art competition for children Food: FEMA, Melina Zippay, The Dough House, Zazoo, Coffee Roasters Mother Jones memorabilia Mt Olive Public Library: Mother Jones reading the children‘s book: The March of the Mill Children Union Miners Cemetery commemoration of May Day and cemetery tours Mother Jones Museum Tours friendsofthemotherjonesmuseum@gmail.com

Join us for a staged reading of longtime labor organizer Gene Bruskin‘s new musical "The Return of John Brown" co-sponsored by the Labor Heritage Foundation and Teaching for Change.

Walking Tour: See Straus Square, where activists Emma Goldman, Clara Lemlich, Rose Schneiderman, and Pauline Newman fought for workers’ and women’s rights. Visit the site of the mikvah (ritual bath house) owned and operated by entrepreneur Gittel Natelson. See the Educational Alliance where Julia Richman taught English to immigrant students and Louise Nevelson developed her site-specific artwork. $25; $20 Srs, Students. 12 Eldridge Street, NYC 10002. (212) 219-0302.

Opening: Group singing led by Raging Grannies; Re-enactment of 1886 action, with professional actors, volunteers; Remarks by Dr. Joseph B. Walzer, lecturer in history and director of Culture and Communities at UW-Milwaukee; Testimonials: Participants in current work actions; Music by Craig Siemsen, prominent folksinger; Wreath-Laying; After Ceremony reception to follow FREE—An outdoor event

In June of 1960, inspired by other sit-ins protesting segregation across the country, a group of nonviolent student activists from Howard University set their sights on Glen Echo Amusement Park in Bethesda, Maryland. These Black students were joined by white protesters from the neighboring progressive white families -- as well as the labor movement -- in what turned into weeks of collaboration and picketing. This documentary tells the little-known stories of Hank, Dion, Esther, Tina, Helene, and Nancy – real people whose actions that summer helped to affect major progress for civil rights.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Charlie Chaplin‘s Little Tramp gets trapped in the coils of automation — at one point literally — so frenziedly tightening screws on the assembly line that, once off it, he compulsively tightens buttons on women and later becomes the guinea pig for an efficiency-promoting feeding machine run amok. Inspired by René Clair‘s À NOUS LA LIBERTÉ, this corrosive satire on the dehumanizing effects of technology gives its screeches, groans and grinds more lines than the actors. It‘s also one of Chaplin‘s most lighthearted works, with highlights including his helpful waving of a red flag dropped by a departing truck just as a Communist demonstration marches up behind him. DIR/SCR/PROD Charlie Chaplin. U.S., 1936, b&w, 87 min. NOT RATED

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

With American historian Peter J. Rachleff (author of Black Labor in Richmond: 1865-1890) and educator James R. Pope (of the Africa World Now Project, The Communiversity South, and Southern Workers Assembly) Sponsored by Virginia Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators (VCORE): https://www.virginiacaucus.org/

When the reclusive Christian (Franz Rogowski, TRANSIT) takes a job working the night shift at a big-box store, his new manager, Bruno from the Beverage Department (Peter Kurth, BABYLON BERLIN), teaches him the lay of the land and the delicacy it takes to operate a forklift. Christian becomes enamored by his charming but mysterious co-worker "Sweets Marion" (Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL, THE ZONE OF INTEREST, TONI ERDMANN), with whom he begins to share flirtatious break-room coffees and conversations. But Marion has secrets of her own, and when she suddenly goes on sick leave, Christian is tempted to fall into habits of his dark past. An affecting and bittersweet glimpse into the shared connections of a motley group of workers, IN THE AISLES quietly celebrates the beauty in the day-to-day and the collective pride we take in our jobs with dark humor and nuance. (Note courtesy of Music Box Films.) DIR/SCR Thomas Stuber; SCR Clemens Meyer, from his short story; PROD Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach. Germany, 2018, color, 125 min. In German with English subtitles. NOT RATED

A weekly radio show celebrating the cultural heritage of the American worker. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant and produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation; broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM Podcast version available at 2p: https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Lecture: Ruth Milkman (above), Distinguished Professor of Sociology and History at the CUNY Graduate Center and Professor of Labor Studies at the School of Labor and Urban Studies (CUNY) will speak on the hope for the U.S. labor movement a new political generation brings. Milkman most recent books are: Immigration Matters (co-edited with Deepak Bhargava and Penny Lewis, New Press, 2021), Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Polity, 2020) and On Gender, Labor and Inequality (Illinois, 2016). The hour-long program will include a tribute to Jane LaTour (1946-2023) and her work, by Joe Doyle – and a short presentation about a transfer program for community college students to the School for Labor and Urban Studies at CUNY (SLU). Free. LaGuardia Community College, Rm. E-500, 31-10 Thomson Av, Long Island City, NY 11101. kamiller@lagcc.cuny.edu

Q&A with filmmaker Maren Poitras and subject Stephanie Kelton moderated by Sara Nelson, International President of AFA-CWA An intrepid group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside down. We all use money, yet the questions of what it is and where it comes from remain elusive. FINDING THE MONEY follows former chief economist to the U.S. Senate Budget Committee Stephanie Kelton on a journey through Modern Money Theory, or “MMT,” to unveil a deeper story about money, injecting new hope and empowering democracies around the world to tackle the biggest challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to inequality. DIR/PROD Maren Poitras. U.S., 2023, color, 95 min. NOT RATED

Zoom Panel Discussion: co-sponsored by the School of Labor and Urban Studies (CUNY), NY State Bar Association, & Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Free. Register: NLRB@newyorklaborhistory.org 7 to 8:30 (ET)

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Celebrating the unveiling of a historic road marker celebrating the contributions of Crisfield‘s crab pickers, 600 women who struck for a union in 1938. A reception to follow.

The historic 80-mile March in August 1966 by migrant farmworkers seeking to win legislation that would provide their right to unionize will be among the topics to be discussed at the Wisconsin Labor History Society‘s annual meeting. Featuring: Jesus Salas, a key organizer of the march and longtime activist, discussing his book, "Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement." Interviewed by Sergio Gonzalez, assistant professor of history at Marquette University. Panel of migrant workers, community activists: Rachel Ida Buff, professor of history, UW-Milwaukee, author of studies on immigration. Conference fees, which include refreshments, lunch and materials, are $40.00 per person. There is a special rate of $13.00 for students and unemployed persons.

Come explore the rich labor history with METRO DC DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA LABOR WORKING GROUP. Co-sponsored by the Labor Heritage Foundation‘s DC LaborFest. Contact: Zachary T. (914-357-0696)

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Open to IATSE members and family! Doors Open: 5:30 PM (PDT) Program: 6:30 PM — Costume Contest: Dress up in your best Norma Rae costume! — Bonus Featurette: Local 700 NED Cathy Repola interviews the late editor of the film, Sidney Levin, ACE. Screening: 7:00 pm Sponsored by the IATSE Interlocal Contract Action Teams (CATs)!

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Awards Ceremony: Honoring unsung activists, women who have been working for the larger good all their lives, in the tradition of those who sparked so many reforms in the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Free. Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Av @103 St, NYC 10029. (212) 966-4014. LaborArts.org/Lemlich

Martin Ritt‘s film directorial debut, reminiscent of ON THE WATERFRONT for its depiction of a dangerous and corrupt dock-working world on New York City‘s Hudson River, features Sidney Poitier in his first top co-star billing. John Cassavetes plays Axel Nordmann, a drifter with a mysterious past who, newly arrived in New York, starts work as a stevedore on the docks. Toiling in the crew of the contemptible Charlie Malick (Jack Warden), who shakes him down for kickbacks, Axel befriends Tommy Tyler (Poitier) and then leaves Malick‘s crew to work with him, which earns both men the murderous ire of Malick. Ruby Dee shines in an early role as Tommy‘s wife, Lucy. DIR Martin Ritt; SCR Robert Alan Aurthur; PROD David Susskind. U.S., 1957, b&w, 85 min. NOT RATED

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Join the Michigan Labor History Society for the triumphant return of Eugene V. Debs Memorial Kazoo Night! Taking place on May 14th at Comerica Park during the Tigers vs. Marlins baseball game, we will celebrate the labor movement and the legacy of hero to the workingman, Eugene V. Debs. For the first time in a quarter century, you have the chance to participate in one of Detroit’s proudest/silliest exercises in labor solidarity! This event originally ran from the early eighties to 1999, named after Debs -- the labor activist, socialist, and 5-time presidential candidate. The Michigan Labor History Society feels that as organized labor experiences its resurgence, the time is right to bring back the tradition that is Eugene V. Debs Memorial Kazoo Night.

Awards Ceremony: This year’s honorees: the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) and Mullany House landscaper/volunteer Patty O’Hare. $50. NY State United Teachers, 800 Troy-Schenectady Road, Albany, NY 12110. 2024-ALSC-Reception-Invitation1.pdf (labor-studies.org)

Labor karaoke? Union stand-up comedy? A Labor Quiz Night? A history of socialism in the labor movement? Weigh in with your thoughts and suggestions on programs for Bread & Roses, the Labor Heritage Foundation’s monthly labor series featuring a variety of events focused on workers and organized labor. Each month brings a new topic through interactive discussions, film screenings, and performances. The hope for these events is that attendees walk away with a greater understanding of organized labor, its role in shaping history, and current relevance, with a special focus on arts and culture.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Denmark, 18th century. A retired army captain with humble origins, Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen, ANOTHER ROUND), makes a deal with the king: successfully settle Jutland and ascend to nobility. Arriving with nothing but a shovel and sheer willpower, Kahlen refuses to yield to the harsh landscape, dreaming of planting imported German potatoes. With the help of a runaway couple, a priest and a precocious orphan, he makes progress, but his unhinged noble neighbor Frederik de Schinkel (Simon Bennebjerg) will stop at nothing to prevent his success. As tensions escalate and violence erupts, the singularly focused Kahlen must decide just how much he is willing to risk. Mikkelsen, reuniting with A ROYAL AFFAIR director Nikolaj Arcel, delivers a star turn in this rollicking period Danish Western filled with romance, intrigue and revenge. Official Selection, 2023 Venice, AFI FEST and Toronto film festivals. DIR/SCR Nikolaj Arcel; SCR Anders Thomas Jensen, from a novel by Ida Jessen; PROD Louise Vesth. Denmark/Germany/Sweden, 2023, color, 127 min. In Danish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

A weekly radio show celebrating the cultural heritage of the American worker. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant and produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation; broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM Podcast version available at 2p: https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/

Wisconsin Labor History Society intern and UW-Milwaukee graduate student Nate Tease will share his research on the 1946-1947 struggle of UAW Local 248 at Allis-Chalmers at the monthly meeting of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council‘s Young Workers Committee.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer, Keynote Speaker: The Need for Unions Then -- 1937 -- and Now -- 2024

Born in 1890, Ben Fletcher was one of the ost influential working-class unionists, revolutionaries, and organizers in all of US history. Mural Arts Philadelphia is collaborating with the Philadelphia General Membership branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Philly Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), historians and local unions, to create a mural in honor of Fletcher. The new mural is designed by famed painter Jonathan Pinkett and painted by Efrain Herrera. Please join us as we dedicate this new mural and pay tribute to Fletcher‘s many contributions.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

This American labor classic is based on the 1920 showdown between West Virginia coal miners and coal company agents hired to prevent them from unionizing. As organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut) explains, "They got you fightin‘ white against colored, native against foreign, hollow against hollow, when you know there ain‘t but two sides in this world — them that work and them that don‘t. You work, they don‘t. That‘s all you got to know about the enemy." The cast includes James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn and Will Oldham; with Oscar®-nominated cinematography by Haskell Wexler. (Note courtesy of Rochester Labor Film Series.) DIR/SCR John Sayles; PROD Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi. U.S., 1987, color, 135 min. RATED PG-13

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

"I could burn this place down." The perennial DC Labor FilmFest favorite OFFICE SPACE returns for its 25th anniversary! Ron Livingston, Ajay Naidu and David Herman star as three disgruntled workers at the dreary, fluorescent-lit office of Initech who learn of impending layoffs at the company and hatch a scheme to embezzle from their greedy bosses; co-starring Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, John C. McGinley and Diedrich Bader. Director Mike Judge‘s theatrical debut was largely ignored upon release but has become a veritable ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW for cube-farmers everywhere. DIR/SCR/PROD Mike Judge; PROD Daniel Rappaport, Michael Rotenberg. U.S., 1999, color, 89 min. RATED R

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

A weekly radio show celebrating the cultural heritage of the American worker. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant and produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation; broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM Podcast version available at 2p: https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/

Zoom Awards Ceremony/Book Talk: Join the NY Labor History Association in celebrating cellist Daryl Goldberg, 2024 winner of the Philoine Fried Award & proud member of American Federation of Musicians Local 802. The Philoine Fried Award is given annually to a rank-and-file union member who makes outstanding, heretofore underappreciated efforts to support her union. Old-time trade unionists speak of “Jimmy Higgins,” individuals who generously, selflessly volunteer their time for the betterment of their union. Daryl Goldberg richly fits description, volunteering her time in 100s of bargaining negotiating sessions & helping to bring into creation free-lance orchestras to enrich the lives of New Yorkers. Karen Fisher, AFM Local 802 Financial VP & Supervisor, Concert, Ballet, & Opera, will present the award. After the 15-minute award presentation, biographer Karen Pastorello tells the story of Bessie Abramowitz Hillman -- Russian immigrant, protegee of Jane Addams, a leader of the historic 1910 strike in Chicago’s Hart, Schaffner, Marx clothing factory, & with her future husband Sidney Hillman, co-founder of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Bessie helped to organize runaway shops in PA in the 1930s. Bridging the gap between Progressive social feminism and the labor feminists of the post-World War II period, Bessie Hillman advocated for leadership positions for women in the trade union movement. She worked to end race and class injustice and improve the quality of life for working women. Bessie is Philoine Fried’s mother. Philoine Fried (1917-2019) was a beloved member of NY Labor History Association, a past president, and -- until she was 99! -- treasurer of NYLHA. She was a tireless volunteer for the Jewish Labor Committee, the Workers Defense League, and a half dozen organizations. Always volunteering, Philoine stuffed envelopes, made phone calls, and did the unglamorous, necessary work to keep her organizations going.

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

New technologies are transforming a 19th-century watchmaking town in Switzerland. Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the unrest wheel, swinging in the heart of the mechanical watch. Exposed to new ways of organizing money, time and labor, she gets involved with the local movement of the anarchist watchmakers, where she meets Russian traveler Pyotr Kropotkin. (Note courtesy of KimStim.) DIR/SCR Cyril Schäublin; PROD Michela Pini, Linda Vogel. Switzerland, 2022, color, 93 min. In Swiss-German, French and Russian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

Hosted by NoVA Labor, the Northern Virginia Labor Council, AFL-CIO

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 • NATIONAL BESTSELLER
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police on her step. They have arrived to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.

Ireland is falling apart, caught in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny. As the life she knows and the ones she loves disappear before her eyes, Eilish must contend with the dystopian logic of her new, unraveling country. How far will she go to save her family? And what—or who—is she willing to leave behind?

The winner of the Booker Prize 2023 and a critically acclaimed national bestseller, Prophet Song presents a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother’s fight to hold her family together.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

A weekly radio show celebrating the cultural heritage of the American worker. Hosted by Chris Garlock and Elise Bryant and produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation; broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM Podcast version available at 2p: https://yourrightsatwork.podbean.com/

Five years after a factory fire claimed the lives of several workers and, with them, the primary livelihood of a rural Balkan town, the plant‘s union is met with a debilitating blow in their fight for reparations. Long suspected of causing the fire in order to privatize their property, the owners have successfully evaded legal consequence, and the workers are cast as ungrateful nuisances, obstinate in the face of capitalistic progress. Stoic labor leader Ceca (Tamara Krcunovic) refuses to give up hope, but her position grows tenuous as the collective develops a fascination with the pagan practices of its newest member, Mija (Leon Lucev). After Mija leads the union in a ritual that belies a satanic undertone, strange occurrences are reported around town, including the enigmatic manifestation of a decrepit man seen stalking the most corrupt citizens. Serbian vanguard filmmaker Mladen Ðordevic (THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A PORNO GANG) once again offers up a view of the disturbing absurdities of living under an oppressive oligarchy. As his proletarian protagonists turn toward the supernatural, he skillfully soaks their increasingly eldritch activity in an absorbing chiaroscuro horror aesthetic, conjuring a malaise of uncomfortable dread. Yet Ðordevic also impressively cuts this tone with sly satire, reminding the viewer that sometimes the only salvation for the working class, besides solidarity, is a sharp sense of humor. (Note adapted from Toronto International Film Festival.) DIR/SCR/PROD Mladen Ðordevic; PROD Milan Stojanovic. Serbia/Greece/Bulgaria/Montenegro/Croatia/Romania, 2023, color, 127 min. In Serbian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.

American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark 83 Norwood Street, Haledon, NJ 07508 Wed-Sat, 1-4 pm & by appointment. May 1 – August 24 20,000 members of Local 23-25 of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union – most of them Chinese immigrant women – walked off the job in protest in 1982, staging a brief, successful strike. Historic photographs and artifacts salute the extraordinary outpouring of energy of women. Curated by May Chen and Rachel Bernstein. $5. (973) 595-7953. labormuseum@aol.com

Through June 7 Play: One-person show about Sara Wesker, ardent trade unionist & needle-trades organizer in the East End of London in the 1920s & 1930. Wesker galvanized a traditionally compliant workforce. She marched in 1936, sang on the picket lines, and took part in the Battle of Cable Street against Oswald Mosley‘s Fascist Blackshirts. Featuring protest songs sung by the “Singing Strikers of 1928.” $32. 59 East 59 Street Theaters. Sat. & Sun. matinees at 2:30 pm. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/chopped-liver-unions/#show-info.