Happy Labor Day!
Today is Labor Day, the holiday where we celebrate the contributions of workers and the labor movement to our country. To celebrate, we are sharing some pages from the 1938 publication Labor Hi-Lites published by Union News Features. This pamphlet of cartoon/comic-like pages full of labor- and union-related factoids was compiled by lawyer, labor activist, and Hull House affiliate Charles P. Schwartz (1886-1975) and drawn by political/labor cartoonist Bernard Seaman (1913-1998).
Something unusual you may notice about these comic-book-esque panels is that the facts in each panel are generally unrelated to one another. They all focus on the theme of labor and labor unions, but otherwise don't seem to be grouped by any particular rhyme or reason.
We hope these labor factoids help remind you how far we have come in the struggle for fair labor practices and laws to enshrine our rights but also how much farther we have to go and in some ways how little has changed.
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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager
