LaborArts.org
Title
Labor Arts
Contact
- Shelley & Don Rubin Foundation
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- New York NY
- United States 10003
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- +1.9999999999
Description
About Us
LABOR ARTS is a virtual museum; we gather, identify and display images of the cultural artifacts of working people and their organizations. Our mission is to present powerful images that help us understand the past and present lives of working people. AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney has urged all international unions to cooperate in locating for display on Labor Arts "the treasure trove of cultural objects that have moved workers into action from the very inception of our movement."
Jointly sponsored by: The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, supporting innovative efforts to transform society's institutions, thereby making them more responsible. The Foundation's interests include the study of the relationship between art, culture and humanity. Bread and Roses, the cultural arm of the hospital workers union 1199, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a nationally acclaimed working people's cultural program with a wide range of activities, including theater, music, literature and art. The Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University, created in 1977 by the Tamiment Institute and the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO to document, preserve and disseminate the history of New York City's working people and their organizations.
Credits: Rachel Bernstein, Esther Cohen, Henry Foner, Keri A. Myers, Ami Palombo and Evelyn Jones Rich currently work on Labor Arts. They created the website together with Donald Rubin, Moe Foner, Debra E. Bernhardt, Jeff Watt, Keith Bush, Angela Powell, Milton Glaser and others.
