- Type
- Location Albany, New York, United States
- Date 15-06-2023
Event Title
Worker City, Company Town: Troy and Cohoes in the 1800s
Event Date
15-06-2023
Location
Albany, New York, United States
Organization Name / Organize By
American Labor Studies Center
Organizing/Related Departments
American Labor Studies Center
Organization Type
Event Organizing Company
EventCategory
Non Technical
EventLevel
All (State/Province/Region, National & International)
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Location
Albany, New York, United States
"Rising Worker Power in Troy and Cohoes in the 1800s" will be the topic discussed by Carole Turbin, author of "Working Women of the Collare City, Gender, Class, and Community," and Daniel Walkowitz, author of "Worker City, Company Town: Iron and Cotton-Worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855-84" Turbin will discuss how Troy's laundresses were able to organize America's first bona fide all-female union in 1864 winning better pay and safer working conditions in Troy's emerging collar and cuff industry in alliance with male labor activists.. Walkowitz will show how social, political and economic contrasts created opposing repsonses to management repression and control in Troy and Cohoes.
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Category: Attractions | Talks and Lectures
Registration Fees
Not Mention
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Address/Venue
Celtic Hall
430 New Karner Road, Albany, New York, United States
Pin/Zip Code : 12205
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