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June 2024 Labor History Blog: The Homestead Strike
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild I cannot go into the Homestead Steel Strike without first setting the stage or the climate of the times. Andrew…
Read MoreMay 2024 Labor History Blog: May Day
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild This month, I am going to talk about the May Day Riot in Chicago in 1896. Labor is just one…
Read MoreCatholicTV Mass For May Day 2024
The Labor Guild was honored to have our Executive Director, Fr. Marc Fallon, C.S.C., say mass live on CatholicTV for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker/May Day, on Wednesday…
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn From the History of American Labor Law?
by Howard B. Lenow, Founding Partner, Lenow & McCarthy and Labor Guild School Instructor *Disclaimer: The views expressed in this essay are my own and do not necessarily reflect the…
Read MoreApril 2024 Labor History Blog: The Ludlow Massacre
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild The Gilded Age From the immediate post-Civil War period into the 1900’s we entered what was called the “Gilded Age”.…
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Longtime Member Kevin J. Murray
The Guild mourns the passing of longtime member Kevin J. Murray. Kevin worked for the NRLB for over 40 years and after his departure worked for the Massachusetts Department of…
Read MoreMarch 2024 Labor History Blog: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
by David Kowalski, Former Executive Director of The Labor Guild Much has been written about this tragedy, and many documentaries and films have been produced about it. Should my very…
Read MoreFuneral Homily For Fr. Patrick Sullivan, C.S.C.
“Pat Sullivan was larger than life. He had a passionate vitality for social justice. It is that which stoked his extraordinary energy and zeal. There was no stopping his steel…
Read More“The Dignity of Work”: A Homily by Fr. Patrick Sullivan, C.S.C.
In 2011, Fr. Pat gave this powerful homily at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, New York as part of the “Theology of Work and The Dignity of…
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Former Labor Guild Executive Secretary and Chaplain, Fr. Patrick Sullivan, C.S.C.
The Guild mourns the passing of our former Executive Secretary and Chaplain, Fr. Patrick Sullivan, C.S.C. Fr. Pat administered the Guild from 2009-2012. Please see the full notice below, furnished…
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