Today in Labor History

November 27  --  

1,200 workers sit down at Midland Steel, forcing recognition of the United Auto Workers, Detroit - 1936

The pro-labor musical revue, “Pins & Needles,” opens on Broadway with a cast of International Ladies Garment Workers Union members. The show ran on Friday and Saturday nights only, because of the casts’ regular jobs. It ran for 1,108 performances before closing - 1937

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#LaborHistory #SOLIDARITY! from our friend @SMSpringer & us: "The participants, all ILGWU members, rehearsed in the evenings and on weekends when they had time off. The first production was expanded when word of mouth excitement over the production brought hundreds of expectant and non-ILGWU members to the revue. The show was moved to the Labor Stage Theater and opened officially on November 27, 1937." - from http://www.workingclassheroes.me/?p=264

 

Today in labor history, November 27, 1937: The musical revue, "Pins & Needles," opens on Broadway with a cast of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union members. The show –- a “lighthearted look at young workers in a changing society in the middle of America’s most politically engaged city” -- ran on Friday and Saturday nights only, because of the casts' regular jobs. It ran for 1,108 performances before closing.