Mother Jones Foundation

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The CFL Organizing Institute is back!

📍 Chicago Federation of Labor
🗓️ January 27-30, 2026

Need more information? Contact Marcus Shepherd, [email protected].

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Veterans of the labor movement were reinvigorated by the unwavering spirit of Mother Jones, a powerful reminder that collective action drives lasting change.

Sharon and James Goltz who came all the way from Mt Olive in Illinois to attend the festival, the resting place of Mother Jones, are presented with a portrait of Mother Jones by Ann Piggott of the Cork Mother Jones Committee at the plaque.

James, who is active in the Mother Jones Museum and at the Miners Cemetery in Mt Olive helped to arrange and participated in the historic zoom call with Cecil E. Roberts the President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), during the recent festival. We wish to thank President Roberts also for participating in this unique event.

President Roberts is the great grandson of Ma Blizzard who was a very good friend of Mother Jones during the Coal Wars in America at the turn of the 20th Century.


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From extreme heat to recent attacks on our retirement benefits, letter carriers have stepped up to against every threat to our jobs, our safety and the universal service we provide all Americans. We're not backing down now.

Read more from the July 2025 President’s Message:https://www.nalc.org/news/the-postal-record/2025/july-2025/document/Presidents-Message.pdf

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February 6 - The Post-War Strike Wave Begins | Labor History in 2:00 On this day in labor history, the year was 1919 marking the first day of the week-long general strike in Seattle, Washington. As World War I drew to a close many workers in the city were frustrated by two years without pay increases due to the war.