Attend commemorative events co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Labor Review this weekend.
July 23: Panel Discussion and Film
Billed as “A Street Festival for the Working Class -- Remembering 1934, when Minneapolis became a union town,” the festival will run from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at the corner of 7th Ave. N. & 3rd St. N. in the Minneapolis Warehouse District.
July 25: "One Day in July” Street Festival
On Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m., a program in the Minneapolis Central Library’s Pohlad Hall will feature a presentation by William Millikan, author of A Union Against Unions: The Minneapolis Citizens Alliance and Its Fight Against Organized Labor, 1903-1947. July 26: Picnic
An anniversary picnic, sponsored by the 1934 Minneapolis Truckers Strike Picnic Committee, will be held Sunday, July 26. It will run from noon to 5 p.m. in the Wabun Picnic Area (Picnic Area No. 4) of Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis. Activities will include speakers, historical displays, food and children’s games. For more information, go to
Aug. 6: Walking Tour
And make sure to check out these links below:
Check out the Minnesota labor history series prepared by the St. Paul Union Advocate
Watch Pat Kessler's WCCO-TV interview with Education Minnesota President Tom Dooher; in it Dooher details his activist grandfather, Pat Corcoran’s murder during the strike. Learn why Dooher and his family continue working for workingpeople.