Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot!

<p>A chat with Owen Smith, who’s directing <a href='https://www.thecohoesmusichall.org/events/2023/6/17/yl98p42xgjwjtq4t0a8if14xip17wh'>“Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot!”</a>Saturday, June 17 at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, New York; the musical tells the story of the 1864 Troy Collar Laundry Union Strike. The <a href='https://katemullanynhs.org/'>Kate Mullany National Historic Site</a> opened on June 10; Mullany organized the Troy Collar Laundry Union, the nation's first all-female union. On this week’s <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in Two</a>:  The day Consumers Power Company employees near Flint, Michigan shut off generators and turbines at the Zilwaukee power plant.</p> <p>Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at <a href='mailto:LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com'>LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Labor History Today is produced by <a href='https://unioncityradio.podbean.com/'>Union City Radio</a> and the <a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/'>Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor</a>.</p> <p>#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory @cohoestheatre @NYSAFLCIO</p>