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| Name | Street Address | City | State | Historical Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County Worker's Memorial | Gordon F. Moore Community Park | Alton | IL | The winged memorials are made from Barre granite. The statue is a life-size man carrying his hard hat and lunch pail. The memorial has a listing of workers who died on the job in Madison County. |
| Make-Up Man | New York Typographical Union, CWA Local 14156; 352 Seventh Ave., Suite 601 | New York | NY | A statue symbolizing the newspaper printing craft, the bronze was commissioned by the "New York Post." Two compositors posed for the sculptor, Max Kalish. New York's Typographical Union #6 secured the statue as a result of contract negotiations. |
| Marine Firemen Bas-Relief | Marine Firemen's Union Hall; 240 2nd Ave. | San Francisco | CA | Bas-relief depicts marine firemen at work in the hull of a ship. |
| Mather Mine Disaster Monument | Jefferson Cemetery | Mather | PA | 197 men died in a mine explosion in 1928. Four bodies were never found. |
| McGuire, Peter, Memorial | Arlington Cemetery | Pennsauken | NJ | The United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America dedicated this memorial to their founder, Peter McGuire, in 1962. McGuire was also the first secretary of the AFL. |
| McIntyre Mine Disaster Monument | McIntyre | PA | On June 30, 1941 an explosion at the Kent No. 2 mine killed seven men. The explosion was caused by dust in the mine. This caused the area to become more aware of safety in the mines. | |
| "The Meaning of Social Security" Mural | Voice of America; Wilbur J. Cohen Building; 330 Independence Ave. SW | Washington | DC | Ben Shahn's murals show the hardships of life before the establishment of Social Security, and its benefits--work, the family, and prosperity. Workers in various occupations are shown re-building America through public works projects. |
| Mechanics Monument | First & Market Sts. | San Francisco | CA | The statue was erected for the workers at Union Iron Works, the first foundry built in California. |
| Memphis Strike of 1968 Monument | Local 1733 AFSCME Headquarters; Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center | Memphis | TN | This stone recognizes the AFSCME Memphis city workers who were on strike in 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to their aid. |
| Merchant Seamen Plaque | Embarcadero; at the foot of Folsom St. | San Francisco | CA | Merchant seamen have been responsible for merchant shipping and transportation of resources during US wars. These dangerous, yet critically important duties were most notably significant during World War II. |
| Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark | Hart Plaza; Jefferson Ave., west of Woodward St. | Detroit | MI | A gift to Detroit from the labor movement, "Transcending" depicts labor history, workers' occupations and labor's vision for the future on a grand scale. The 63-foot steel arch is surrounded by bronze reliefs detailing labor's contributions. |
| Michigan Lumberman's Memorial | Au Sable River Park | 16 miles NW of Tawas City | MI | Located in a small park on Michigan's lower peninsula, overlooking the Au Sable River, this statue perpetuates the memory of the early Michigan lumber workers who were all over the Michigan countryside. |
| Miley, J. Frank, Gravesite | Morgantown | WV | J. Frank Miley was former president of District 31. He died in Sept. 1939. He was a forerunner of the rights of miners during the 1930s. He believed firmly in the rights to organize and bargain collectively. | |
| Miners' Mound | public park | Negaunee | MI | Remembers Frank G. Matthews, Sr. who maintained a museum concerned with the iron miners of the area in his own home. This collection became the basis for the Michigan Iron Industry Museum. |
| Miner's Union Hall | B St. | Virginia City | NV | Built in 1876, the building named the "Miners Union Library" replaced the original Union Hall (constructed 1870).The Virginia City Miners' Union, founded in 1867, "fought for recognition, safety, family welfare, and a living wage [of] $4.00 per day." |
| Miners' Union Hall, WFM Local #32 | 110 N. 4th St. | Victor | CO | To secure the 8-hour-day and unionize the gold fields, the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) led a strike in the Cripple Creek area from 1903-04. Gov. James H. Peabody worked with corporate mining interests, using the state militia to crush the union. |
| Mitchell, John, Monument | Courthouse Sq. on Adams Ave., between Linden and Spruce Sts. | Scranton | PA | Honors John Mitchell, UMWA President, who led Pennsylvania anthracite miners in an industry-wide strike for higher wages and better working conditions. |
| Mullaney, Kate, House | 350 8th St. | Troy | NY | Kate Mullaney, founder of the first female labor union in the U.S., the Collar Laundry Union, lived in this house from 1869-1875. As assistant secretary of the National Labor Union, Mullaney was the first female appointee to a national labor office. |
| Mullaney, Kate, Memorial | St. Peter's Cemetery; NY Rt. 40 (Oakwood Avenue,) northeast of Troy | Troy | NY | In Feb. 1864, Irish immigrant Kate Mullaney organized approximately 300 women into the first female labor union in the U.S., the Collar Laundry Union. In 1868, Mullaney became the first woman to hold a leadership position in the National Labor Union. |
| Murphy, John, Memorial | Fairmount Cemetery; 430 S. Quebec St. | Denver | CO | Murphy (1882-1908), one of the first labor attorneys, successfully fought in the courts for the 8-hour day. Nicknamed "Eight Hour Murphy." His last fight was getting William D. Haywood acquitted from trumped up charges. Murphy died March 3, 1908. |
| Murray, Philip, Bridge | Chartiers Creek | Canonsburg | PA | Spanning the creek near Curry Field, where steelworkers rallied in 1931, this bridge memorializes Philip Murray, founding member and past president of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA). |
| Museum in the Park | Old Row | Mt. Savage | MD | The boyhood home of Cardinal Edward Mooney is one of the many "company houses" built by the mining company. |
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