EPISODE · Mar 25, 2025 · 56 MIN
Power At Work Blogcast #85: Labor History, Women’s History, and Kate Mullany
from Power At Work · host The Burnes Center for Social Change
In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Paul Cole, the founder and executive director of the American Labor Studies Center, and Carole Turbin, the author of “Working Women of Collar City”, to celebrate Women’s History Month, talk about women’s role in labor history, and spotlight labor activist Kate Mullany. Watch now to learn more about Kate Mullany, the co-founder of the Collar Laundry Union, one of the first all-women trade unions in the U.S., in Troy, New York.Follow us on social media:TikTokInstagramTwitterFacebookLinkedInPaul Cole is the founder and executive director of the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC). Prior to his work at the ALSC, Paul was the Secretary-Treasurer of the New York State AFL-CIO and the vice president of the American Federation of Teachers.Carole Turbin is a women and labor historian, author, and fine artist. She was a professor of sociology and history at the Empire State College at Old Westbury in New York. Carole is the author of “Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Troy, 1864-1886.”
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In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Paul Cole, the founder and executive director of the American Labor Studies Center, and Carole Turbin, the author of “Working Women of Collar City”, to celebrate Women’s History Month, talk about women’s role in labor history, and spotlight labor activist Kate Mullany. Watch now to learn more about Kate Mullany, the co-founder of the Collar Laundry Union, one of the first all-women trade unions in the U.S., in Troy, New York.Follow us on social media:TikTokInstagramTwitterFacebookLinkedInPaul Cole is the founder and executive director of the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC). Prior to his work at the ALSC, Paul was the Secretary-Treasurer of the New York State AFL-CIO and the vice president of the American Federation of Teachers.Carole Turbin is a women and labor historian, author, and fine artist. She was a professor of sociology and history at the Empire State College at Old Westbury in New York. Carole is the author of “Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Troy, 1864-1886.”
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