Program for April 20, 2014
1:00 pm till 3:00 pm, at UMKC, Haag Hall, Room 301
Judy and Bill Claus, Judy is a retired teacher and member of a teacher’s union. Bill is with KKFI , a labor activist and Past member of the Kansas City Labor Council.
Diana and Bob Suckiel. Diana is a Retired Union Plummer, Local 8. Bob worked 40 years with 4 railroads as Engineer, Conductor, Brakeman, Switchman and laid tracks. He is a retired member of the Teamsters Union. The couple performed labor shows from Bar Harbor, Vermont to a folk festival in Vancouver, Canada
A commemoration of the struggle for the 8-hour Day, the Hay Market Massacre and the coming of industrial unionism in spoken word and songs from 1868 to the present, featuring Eugene V. Debs, Mother Jones, IWW, and the struggle for the dignity of work.