#labor-history

#labor-history

Then known as Rose Rosenfeld, Freedman was two days short of her 18th birthday when the fire erupted. She escaped by trailing company executives up to the 10th-floor roof, where firefighters pulled survivors to safety, according to The New York Times. In later years, she described turning down what she said were efforts by the factory's owners to pay for her silence, choosing instead to become a lifelong witness to what happened inside those upper floors.

Salvatore taught at the ILR School and in the American Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences for 36 years, retiring in 2017 as the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Emeritus Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations. The author of three books, including " Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist " (1982), which received both the Bancroft Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize.

These snapshots capture the people behind the work, reminding us what real hustle used to look like.

Work is an unnatural institution for humans, created in a world where survival dictated effort—something that often feels disconnected from living fully.

Colton's resolution, introduced to honor both the 19th-century railway workers and their descendants, underscores the profound contributions of Chinese immigrants to American history.