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Hidden Figures: Meet Isaac Myers, the Grandfather of Union Organizing for Black Workers

September 7, 2020

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As many of us enjoy this Labor Day holiday, I thought it would be fitting to acknowledge a pioneer to the Black Labor Movement. A. Philip Randolph’s Brotherhood Of Sleeping Car Porters is typically looked at as the first Black union to be recognized by a national body in 1925,…

Hidden Figures: Celebrating Civil Rights and Labor Movement Icon, Addie Wyatt

September 2, 2019

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Black people have been active in labor movements since before the Civil War. With today being Labor Day, I thought it would be fitting to acknowledge a lesser known behemoth in the Labor Movement: Addie Wyatt. Addie Wyatt is one of the country’s foremost Labor Union Leaders, Women’s Rights Advocate, and…