Workers Memorial Day 2023

200 South Wyman Street,Rockford IL 61101

28 April, 2023

Description

Rockford United Labor 2023 Worker memorial day will begin with a ceremony along the river behind the Zeke Giorgi Center 200 S. Wyman at 5:30pm . We annually recognize and remember the men and women of Labor who died on the Job. This year we will be honoring Carpenters Local 792 member Joseph Carmine who collapsed on the job in 2019. Following the ceremony, we will head couple of blocks over to the Nordlof 6:30pm 118 N. Main St where we will feature the documentary Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman There will be box lunches and bottled water available for those who register before April 21st . We hope you can join us for this event. Mother Jones, America's Most Dangerous Woman Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman is a new documentary about the amazing labor heroine, Mary Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones. Mother Jones' organizing career influenced the history of early 20th century United States. She used class and gender limitations to shape an identity that allowed her to become an effective labor organizer in the early 20th century. Mother Jones transformed personal and political grief and rage about class injustices into an effective persona that led workers into battles that changed the course of history. With terrible conditions and labor oppression that motivated her to traverse the country, in order to organize against injustices.