Sunday, October 18

1:00pm–3:30pm
Presentations | Light lunch provided | Free and open to the public

Join in an afternoon of informative presentations and discussion as we examine the rise of the labor movement in Ohio. All are invited to attend what is sure to be a thought-provoking look at the history of the Ohio labor movement that explores some of the similarities between our past and present-day issues.

Featured speakers:

Michael Pierce, Assistant Professor of History, University of Arkansas

Michael Pierce is author of Striking with the Ballot: Ohio Labor and the Populist Party and co-author of In the Workers’ Interests: A History of the Ohio A.F.L.-C.I.O., 1958-1998.

Mary Triece, Professor, School of Communications at the University of Akron
Mary Triece is author of On the Picket Line: Strategies of Working-Class Women. She will speak on the Women’s Trade Union League, a Progressive Era organization that was in the forefront of the struggle for women’s suffrage and union representation.

Steven Steinglass, Dean Emeritus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law; Senior Policy Advisor, Ohio Constitution Modernization Commission
Professor Steinglass will present authoritative commentary on both the historic stature of the 1912 Ohio State Constitution and its present consideration as a subject for modification.

3:30pm
Solidarity March | From Massillon Rec Center to Affinity Medical Center (1.5 mi. round trip)

After the speakers’ portion of this event, Affinity nurses will lead a Solidarity March to Affinity Medical
Center joined by the labor union leaders and members of the community. Take the lessons of our past and bring them into the present through a community demonstration of unity around important struggles of today. These are exemplified by the Affinity RNs’ contract campaign, which focuses on placing the needs of patients over corporate profit and the current unfair lock-out of USW members who work at the ATI plant in Louisville.

About John McBride (1854-1917): A native of Massillon, McBride started working as a miner at age 8 and rose up the ranks to become, successively, the president of both the United Mineworkers of America and the American Federation of Labor.

For more information, contact:

• Tom Sodders 440–364–2811 newdeallaborart@gmail.com
• Michelle Mahon 234–207–6706 mmahon@nationalnursesunited.org