EPISODE · May 15, 2026 · 1 MIN
May 15 - Library Workers Unite!
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1917. That was the day of the founding that the Library Employees Union of Greater New York. This was the first public library workers’ union in the United States. From its beginning, one of the key efforts of the union was to fight for “equal rights of women and men in the library field.”
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On this day in Labor History the year was 1917. That was the day of the founding that the Library Employees Union of Greater New York. This was the first public library workers’ union in the United States. From its beginning, one of the key efforts of the union was to fight for “equal rights of women and men in the library field.”
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May 15 - Library Workers Unite!
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