| Barthell, John, Monument |
Telluride Cemetery |
Telluride |
CO |
John Barthell, a Finnish native and member of the Western Federation of Miners, was one of 3 people (and the only union member) killed during a union attack on strikebreakers at the Smuggler Mine in 1901. |
| Baton Rouge Victory Memorial |
San Francisco waterfront, near the Golden Gate Bridge |
San Francisco |
CA |
This memorial is dedicated to the seven merchant seamen who crewed the SS Baton Rouge Victory and lost their lives when the ship was sunk by Viet Cong action en route to Saigon on August 23, 1966. |
| Batsto Village |
4110 Nesco Road |
Hammonton |
NJ |
Notable for its preservation of late 19th century worker housing, Batsto was a bog iron and glass making industrial center from 1766-1876. The Batsto Furnace, rebuilt in 1786 and 1829, produced munitions for the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. |
| Battle of Blair Mountain Historic Site |
Route 17 between the towns of Blair and Ethel |
Blair Mountain |
WV |
The site where 10,000 striking union miners fought for recognition of their union, UMWA, against coal operators from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, 1921. At the governor's request, federal troops were sent in. Miners were forced to withdraw after 16 deaths. |
| Battle of Matewan Historic Sity |
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Matewan |
WV |
The town is the site of a shootout between striking union miners (led by Police Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents (Baldwin-Felts) on 5/19/1920. |
| Battle of the Crater, site |
Pegram's Salient |
Petersburg |
VA |
Result of Union mine dug and loaded with explosives to blow up the Confederate position 400 ft. away. Large portion of Union regiment consisted of former coal miners. Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants, was a mining engineer by profession. |
| Battle of the Overpass Historical Marker |
Miller Road overpass to the Ford River Rouge Plant |
Dearborn |
MI |
Remembers the place where Walter Reuther and other union leaders were beaten by Ford "Servicemen" on the overpass bridge in 1937. Photos of the incident destroyed the Ford Co.'s credibility, forcing it to recognize the union in 1941. |
| Bay View Martyrs Historical Marker |
E. Russell Ave. & S. Superior St. |
Milwaukee |
WI |
The Wisconsin Labor History Society placed this marker in honor of those killed by the state militia on May 5, 1886 during a city-wide strike for the 8 hour day. Five workers, a Bay View resident and one young child were shot to death. |
| Big Bend Tunnel Historical Marker |
Big Bend Mountain |
Talcott |
WV |
Marks the existing tunnel of the C&O Railroad, and is said to be the scene of John Henry's battle with a steam drill. |
| Bilyeu, George Franklin, Monument |
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Virden |
IL |
Erected in memory of George Franklin Bilyeu who was killed in 1898 in Virden, Ill., during a UMWA organizing drive. |
| Birmingham Civil Rights Institute |
520 16th St. N. |
Birmingham |
AL |
A civil rights movement gallery and museum across the street from the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which was bombed in 1963 killing four girls; this infamous event happened less than 3 weeks after the historic March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs. |
| Black Worker Sculpture |
Harlem-Macombs Housing Project |
New York City |
NY |
Done under the Treasury Relief Art Project. |
| Bloomington Workers' Memorial |
White Oak Park |
Bloomington |
IL |
Pavilion and park honors the over 100 local workers who have died on the job. |
| Bodega Bay Fisherman's Memorial |
on top of a bluff at Bodega Head |
Bodega Head |
CA |
Commemorates the dozens of fishermen who have failed to return home to Bodega Head. |
| Bodie Union Hall |
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Bodie |
CA |
The Miners' Union Local 61, Western Federation of Miners, was organized December 22, 1877, and was one of the first organized unions in California. The Union Hall was erected in 1878 and used for meetings and social events. |
| Boott Cotton Mills Museum |
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Lowell |
MA |
The largest industrial museum in the nation outside the Smithsonian. On the grounds of Lowell National Historic Park, Boott Mill No. 6 ceased production in 1954. |
| Bost Building Historical Marker |
Bost Building |
Homestead |
PA |
The Bost Building was the Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers' headquarters. This office helped direct the workers through one of the bloodiest battles between workers and owners, the Homestead Strike. |
| Botto, Pietro, House |
83 Norwood St. |
Haledon |
NJ |
During the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, immigrants Pietro & Maria Botto invited union leaders to address workers from the balcony of this home. Workers called for decent working conditions, end to child labor & an 8 hour day. [National Historic Landmark] |
| Brew, James, gravesite |
Evergreen Cemetery (Elks Plot) |
Bisbee |
AZ |
Marks the grave of James Brew who was killed for resisting deportation by vigilantes and the sheriff on 7/12/1917. |
| Bridges, Harry, Bust |
lobby of ILWU headquarters, 1188 Franklin Street & Geary Boulevard |
San Francisco |
CA |
Honors ILWU President Emeritus Harry Bridges who symbolizes the accomplishments of this longshore union over the last half of the 1900s. |
| Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Monument |
|
Marshall |
MI |
Honors the history of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. |
| Butte-Anaconda Historical Park System Master Plan |
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Butte |
MT |
Proposal for a park system to preserve and interpret the physical remnants of mining and smelting, and the laborers of the early industrial age on the frontier. |
