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Throwback Thursday Labor History: The Avondale Mine Disaster

Originally posted on ExplorePAHistory.com One hundred and ten of brave men were smothered underground;They’re in their graves ’til the last day, their widows may bewailAnd the orphans’ cries, they rend the skies, all ’round through Avondale. – lyrics from “The Mines of Avondale” In the 1800s, the American industrial revolution was fueled by coal, and northeastern Pennsylvania had the largest anthracite (hard coal) deposits in the Western Hemisphere. Read More

IAMAW District Lodge 142 Holds Convention in Pittsburgh

This week, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 142 met in Pittsburgh, PA for their biennial convention. Air transport workers from across the country came together with their brothers and sisters, representing airlines from Southwest to Alaska Air, American Airlines and so many more. Read More

Shop Union-Made Labor Day!

It’s Labor Day Weekend! If there was ever a time to insist on buying union-made (and it’s always time to buy union made) it is DEFINITELY Labor Day! This Labor Day, we want to give a very special UNION MADE IN PA shoutout to Wise Chips. Read More