Sentences with phrase «american labor history»

The ILGWU is instrumental in American labor history and yet we barely know it.

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Learn about the history of Labor Day and about the struggles and triumphs of the American Worker.

Imperceptibly, but far more rapidly than we might imagine, we are entering a period in American history when the issues of work and organized labor may again become paramount.

On Labor Day, let's honor the contributions of the American worker, by reflecting on our shared values and history.

Hawai'i's history since contact with Europe and America includes colonization, disease, displacement of native peoples, a plantation labor economy, and concentration of land and wealth into American - born hands.

The juxtaposition of manual labor versus genteel living creates a charged atmosphere, recalling the history of black American labor, as well as the realities of all forms of blue - collar work.

On view September 7 — October 21, 2017, the exhibition features three new bodies of work that explore themes related to the body and labor within the history of photography and American textile manufacturing.

Exhibitions showcase subject matter that reframes and uncovers previously overlooked or underrepresented histories — including those of Southern African American artists, Afro - Caribbean / Afro - Latina women, and residents on the United States - Mexico border — and narratives of materials and labor.

In Search of the Missing Mule (1993), part of a series of works that consider African American labor within the history of American expansion, features a tall figure wearing a blindfold made of a torn and bleached American flag.

(1993), part of a series of works that consider African American labor within the history of American expansion, features a tall figure wearing a blindfold made of a torn and bleached American flag.

Gerald Ronning has won awards from the Center for the American West and the Labor and Working Class History Association.

Thomas» striking billboard confronts the viewer head on as the first image the visitor sees upon entering the park, stimulating a dialogue on the relationship between land, labor, American history, and culture.

(The Other America: Art, Culture, and History of the American Labor Movement).

And it is a theme well worth exploring: Labor Day's historical origins, commemorating the role of the rank - and - file worker in the American economy and tracing the history of U.S. laborLabor Day's historical origins, commemorating the role of the rank - and - file worker in the American economy and tracing the history of U.S. laborlabor law.

«Fareed Zakaria GPS,» 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on CNN: Saul Cornell, professor of American history at Fordham University; Adam Lankford, associate professor in criminology & criminal justice at the University of Alabama; Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies, history, and politics, New York University and Princeton University; David Sanger of The New York Times; Steve Phillips, founder of Democracy in Color; Hilda Solis, supervisor, Los Angeles County, District 1 and former U.S. secretary of labor.

Unfortunately, given a constrained construction labor force, the choice right now is between building housing for millennials — the largest adult generation in American history — or building infrastructure for the country.