Discussion: Peter Cole "Organizing Wobbly Unions"

Submitted by moose on January 12, 2008 - 2:41pm.
Jan 18 2008 - 7:00pm

Friday, January 18 @ 7PM - $5 Suggested

Discussion: Peter Cole "Organizing Wobbly Unions"

Historian Peter Cole describes one of America's most incredible, yet little known, unions. In 1913, thousands of Philadelphia dockworkers formed Local 8 of the Industrial Workers of the World. Local 8 was the most progressive, multiethnic union in the nation until its demise. Joining Cole will be New York's Wobblies, who will screen a short film and discuss their present day organizing.

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