Tag Archives: Labor

1720: Women Working

Posted on April 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

Giacomo Ceruti: Women Working on Pillow Lace (c. 1720)

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1750 BC: Let Man Bear the Load of the Gods!

Posted on April 20, 2019 by corvusfugit

In one of the oldest surviving creation myths, humankind originates from a labor action. The story, told in the Babylonian Atrahasis Epic, goes like this: long before humankind, only gods exist, with some more powerful than others. These greater gods—the … Continue reading →

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1973: And Here As In Other Places

Posted on April 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Fold-out poster of Emiliano Zapata from El Malcriado, newsletter of the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO (May 4,1973) (source) …And here as in other places, enslaved men and women, whose consciousness has been asleep, are waking up, looking around struggling…

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1943: Workers and Paintings

Posted on March 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Honoré Sharrer: Workers and Paintings (1943) I can’t identify all the paintings in this painting. Leave a comment if you can fill in the blanks:                   Hugo Gellert : Free Man’s Duties (No 4) (1943) Jean-François … Continue reading →

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1973: First Strike in Space

Posted on December 30, 2018 by corvusfugit

On December 28, 1973, the crew of Skylab 4 went on strike, shutting off radio communications with NASA ground control to protest their grueling working conditions. The three astronauts—Gerald Carr, William Pogue, and Edward Gibson—left Earth on November 16, 1973, … Continue reading →

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1953: Work

Posted on May 8, 2018 by corvusfugit

Charles White: Work (1953)

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1915: Help the Furrier Strikers

Posted on May 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Happy May Day!

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2016: Not Simply to Keep Time

Posted on April 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

In 2016, The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra argued in a legal hearing that its musicians—members of the Greater Lancaster Federation of Musicians, AFM #294, AFL-CIO—were independent contractors and thus could not form a union. The appellate court did not agree, finding … Continue reading →

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1975: Huelga and Boycott

Posted on March 31, 2018 by corvusfugit

Happy Cesar Chavez Day! Chavez with his dogs Huelga (“strike”) and Boycott. He originally got them simply as guard dogs, but over time the relationship deepened. Boycott went everywhere with him—and he gave credit to both of them for leading … Continue reading →

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2014: Starts With

Posted on March 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Richard Meier: SINDA (2014) Italian words that start with “sinda“: sindaco, mayor sindacato, labor union sindacale, union sindacalista, union official, trade unionist sindacare, to judge sindacalismo, trade unionism sindacalizzarsi, to unionize

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