This poster was designed in 2006 by Josh MacPhee, but the roots of ¡Si Se Puede! go back further. Dolores Huerta coined the phrase, which translates to 'Yes, we can' or, roughly, 'Yes, it can be done', to encourage workers during Cesar Chavez's 25-day fast in 1972. #LaborHistory

New on the website: Glyn Robbins on Abraham Kazan and trade union housing co-ops in New York City sslh.org.uk/2024/04/22/gly…

Very grateful to Society for the Study of Labour History both for helping pay for my research Kheel Center & publishing my write-up. More to follow...

Tower Hamlets Trades Council
Trades Union Congress
Jewish Socialist

Happy #EarthDay ! 🌎Check out these beautiful blue skies and expansive plains in this painting by Paul Davis.

The full poster is from Collection 6089G Local 1199 Bread and Roses Cultural Project Posters, 1994-2002. #LaborHistory 1199SEIU💫 #EarthDay 2024

Today’s #FoundInTheArchivesFriday is an issue of Women’s Times, a newsletter published by the Friends of the Cornell Eleven. The Cornell Eleven were a group of present and former female faculty who sued Cornell in 1978 for sex discrimination in hiring and evaluation procedures.

As women began to work outside of the home, posters & educational materials were released tracking this change and the economic impact.

Check out the Kheel Center Poster Collection #6227G for more visuals of the portrayal of women in the workforce throughout #LaborHistory .

#OnThisDay George Meany and David Dubinsky share the head table at the League for Industrial Democracy's Banquet, held in honor of Dubinsky in 1954. #LaborHistory

This photo is from our ILGWU Photographs Collection, and is digitized & available here: flickr.com/photos/kheelce…

Wondering how Local 1199 strove to attract members and increase unionization within workplaces? Take a look at these posters and notices from the 1960s-70s! #LaborHistory #KheelCenter #Unions 1199SEIU💫

A lot can be observed from 4 photos... check out these snapshots from a Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting in Arkansas in 1937, taken by Louise Boyle. #ArchivesSnapshot #ArchivesHashtagParty

For more STFU photos, view our digital collection here: flickr.com/photos/kheelce…

Today’s #FoundInTheArchives is “The Black Mystery Box Explained,” a 1916 guide to storage batteries, uncovered in the United Transportation Union (UTU) Records!

Explore more from the UTU Records here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/K…

'Union Women Build the Future' Poster by Lincoln Cushing

From the Kheel Center Poster Collection, a great resource for studying the iconography of labor through time. #LaborHistory #Unions #KheelCenter

Today’s #FoundInTheArchives is a small United Farm Workers (UFW) banner!

“A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride. When people see it they know it means dignity.”
- Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the UFW

#LaborHistory #KheelCenter

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We chalk to remember the lives of 146 souls lost to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 113 years ago today. I chalk for Rose Mehl (15 years old) who lived on 278 E 7th St. in Manhattan, NY.
#Trianglefire #StreetPictures #KheelCenter #trianglefirecoalition

Join us today at the site of the Triangle Fire and also for these additional events this week, as we commemorate the 113th anniversary of the #TriangleFire .
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#TriangleFire Memorial #LaborHistory #WeRemember #NeverForget #FirethatChangedAmerica

#OnThisDay 113 years ago in 1911, one of the worst workplace disasters occurred since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

To learn more, visit trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/index.html, our memorial website for the Fire.

Today’s #FoundInTheArchives is a 1978 exposé on union-busting tactics written by an undercover @1199seiu reporter!

Check out the Kheel Center’s guide to other anti-union campaign materials here: guides.library.cornell.edu/KheelDigitalCo…

Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made A Difference was a poster collection created by Local 1199's Bread and Roses Cultural Project.

Founded in 1979 by Moe Foner, it served to help busy workers have a chance to express their creativity and artistic talents. #LaborHistory

NYC Chinatown's garment worker strike was the largest for Chinatown and one of the largest in the industry. Katie Quan, one of the key organizers of the strike, reflects on it 40+ years later.

Read it all here, and spot the photos from our collections!

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It's Cornell Giving Day & students are telling us what our Library means to them: From 'my focus area' to 'great programming' to 'my go-to place for comfy all-nighters.' Support us today! givingday.cornell.edu/organizations/…