Labor Fest 2010: California Working Class Divas
- When
- Sun Jul 11, 2010
- Where
- City Lights Bookstore
- Time
- 5pm
- Tags
- Literary Arts
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Description
Activist and Poet Alice Rogoffhosts an afternoon of readings
with Nancy Keane, Geri Digiorno, Julia Stein, and Michelle Baynes
LaborFest was established in 1994 to institutionalize the history and culture of working people in an annual labor cultural, film and arts festival. It begins every July 5th, which is the anniversary of the 1934 "Bloody Thursday" event. On that day, two workers Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise were shot and killed in San Francisco. They were supporting the longshoremen and maritime workers strike. This incident brought about the San Francisco General Strike which shut down the entire city and led to hundreds of thousands of workers joining the trade union movement.
The Planning committee of LaborFest is composed of unionists and unorganized workers, cultural workers and supporters of labor education and history. We encourage all unions not only to support us with endorsements and contributions but also to include activities about their own union members, their history and the work that they do.
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