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From the beginning of our campaign for a Chicago Statue, we have had advice and support from officers of the Chicago Federation of Labor....

The telegrams came in by the hundreds on May 1, 1930, to the remote Burgess farmhouse in Maryland, where Mother Jones lived out her final...

Yesterday we had a heartening meeting with leaders of the Chicago Monuments Committee. Bill Fraher of our committee was also present,...

Marty Walsh, the Mayor of Boston, has been nominated by President-elect Biden for Secretary of Labor. Marty Walsh is a fan of Mother...

Ninety years ago, Mother Jones died at the little farmhouse in Maryland where she had been cared for by Lillian Burgess. Newspapers...

"Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living" was never more appropriate than for these care workers. They are fighting for the...

Lindsay Hand's new portrait of Fannie Sellins captures her rebel spirit, brings life to an unsung hero of the labor movement

We want a statue in Chicago to Mother Jones. See our op ed here in the Tribune

We had a terrific May Day Celebration. Here are some of the features from that event

We won an award for the best history presentation at Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2019.

Blazing a Trail; Ireland

We were pleased to meet with Daniel Mulhall, Ireland's Ambassador to the US, and other Midwest organizations, for a talk on strategies...

The Chicago premier of Mother Jones in Heaven with Vivian Nesbitt and John Dillon was a great success. A fantastic crowd and a fantastic...

Mother Jones went mobile for the CTU strike, thanks to CTU member Les Plewa who built a rolling cart. Mother is living up to the hype...