Worker's Memorial 2022 Rockford United Labor

118 North Main Street,Rockford IL 61101

28 April, 2022

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Rockford United Labor, AFL-CIO Workers Memorial 2022 Rockford United Labor, AFL-CIO will join union members all over the country in honoring workers who have lost their lives on the job on National Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2022. 5:30pm Join us for our traditional ceremony at the Workers Memorial monument outside the Zeke Giorgi State Building (200 Wyman St Rockford Il 61101) 6:00pm We will host a reception at the Nordlof Center (118 N. Main Rockford IL 61101). Box lunches will be available for attendees. 6:30pm Labor historian Dr. Rosemary Feuer will present her 28-minute documentary, The Most Dangerous Woman in America, about labor heroine Mother Jones, followed by a question-and-answer session. This event is completely free. Please RSVP to allow us to plan for food and materials. Donations for the Mother Jones Foundation will be accepted at the event. To donate, please write any checks to The Mother Jones Statue Fund. All donations are tax deductible. Contact Sara Dorner at [email protected] with any questions. 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.