City of Workers, City of Struggle Programs
Our exhibition City of Workers, City of Struggle chronicles how countless waves of workers – women, immigrants, people of color, and the “unskilled” – have long struggled over pay, power, and inclusion. Inspired by the exhibition, join us for this series of programs that examine how New Yorkers have made and remade city life in ways that still affect us all.
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Past Event: Year of Upheaval: 1919 and Its Legacies
A century later, historians look back at the trials and tensions of the monumental year of 1919, both in NYC and around the nation.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies: 9 to 5 - Happy Hour and Film
An '80s-inspired happy hour plus outdoor screening of the 1980 feminist classic, introduced by New York Times Gender Editor Jessica Bennett.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies: En el Séptimo Día
Join us for a moonlit screening of En el Séptimo Día, featuring a pre-show happy hour with live music by the Guataca Roots Trio.
Past Event: Uncovering the Lost Lives of Workers: The Archaeology of Labor
What can urban archaeology reveal about the largely undocumented and long-forgotten lives of working-class New Yorkers in centuries past?
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies: Modern Times
An outdoor screening of "Modern Times," Charlie Chaplin's iconic commentary on the grind of modernization.
Past Event: Moonlight & Movies: On the Waterfront with Jennifer Egan
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan introduces this outdoor screening of Elia Kazan’s 1954 classic "On the Waterfront."Supporters
City of Workers, City of Struggle and its associated programs are made possible by The Puffin Foundation, Ltd.
City of Workers, City of Struggle is presented in collaboration with the Kheel Center at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU.
