| Haley, Margaret A., Plaque |
Chicago Teacher's Union; Merchandise Mart |
Chicago |
IL |
Haley was a pioneer of teacher unionism in Chicago and the nation. In 1900, she became the first business representative of the Chicago Teacher Federation. She was a founder of and the first National Organizer for the American Federation of Teachers. |
| Harmony Mills |
Mohawk St. |
Cohoes |
NY |
Formed in 1836, the Harmony Manufacturing Company essentially created a company town in Cohoes, N.Y. The mill workers were never able to organize, despite a strike in 1880 when 5,000 weavers walked off the job. |
| Haslam, Bob, Pony Express Memorial |
Carson & Robinson Sts.; in front of the Nevada State Museum |
Carson City |
NV |
A tribute to "Pony" Bob Haslam (1840-1912) who is "considered the greatest of all Pony Express riders." Credited with the longest trip ridden by an Express rider (380 miles), he served throughout the entire existence of the Pony Express. |
| Hatfield, Sid, Monument |
Buskirk Cemetery |
Buskirk |
KY |
Remembers Sid Hatfield, police chief of Matewan, who was killed by Baldwin-Felts Company agents in Aug. 1921 for championing the rights of coal miners to organize a union (UMWA). |
| Haymarket Martyrs' Monument |
Forest Home Cemetery (Waldheim); Desplaines Ave. |
Forest Park |
IL |
The monument marks the graves of 7 of the 8 Chicago labor leaders convicted of criminal activity in the largest U.S. demonstration for the 8-hour day (the Haymarket Riot) on May 4, 1886. 4 were executed and 4 were later released by controversial pardon. |
| Henry, John, Monument |
at the top of Big Bend Mountain |
Talcott |
WV |
Commemorates the site where John Henry, in 1870, beat a machine in a steel driving contest and became the most sung about hero in American folklore. Legend says the contest cost him his life and his ghost lives in the Big Bend tunnel. |
| "The History of Labor in America" Murals |
Frances Perkins Building; Dept. of Labor: 200 Constitution Ave. NW |
Washington |
DC |
The murals feature the evolution of labor in America. Each mural represents a specific period and they are respectively titled: Colonization, Settlement, Industry, and Technology. |
| Homestead Historical Marker |
Pinkerton Landing Site; southern bank of Monongahela River |
Homestead |
PA |
July 6, 1892 two barges ordered by the Carnegie Steel Co. landed on the south bank of the Monongahela River, sought to occupy Carnegie Steel Works and put down a strike by members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers. |
| Homestead Strikers' Gravesites |
St. Mary's & Homestead Cemeteries |
Homestead & Munhall |
PA |
Five of the seven workers who died at the Homestead Strike were finally honored with marked graves. The graves are in two adjacent cemeteries. |
| Horton, Roy, Headstone |
|
Salt Lake City |
UT |
Roy J. Horton was a salesman and supporter of the IWW. He was shot down before the execution of Joe Hill. His assailant was acquitted of manslaughter. |
