Among its accomplishments, the GNHLHA has:
- Published, MOMENTS IN NEW HAVEN LABOR HISTORY. Written by former New Haven Register columnist Neil Hogan, the paperback book describes some of the important
milestones in the struggles and achievements of laboring men and women in our city and state!
- Held a reunion of Garment Workers in 1990 which attracted over 300
retirees
- Interviewed more than 20 retired union members on videotape and audiotape
- Catalogued and organized into series the records of the New Haven
Typographical Union as well as Amalgamated Clothing Workers Local 125
and International Ladies Garment Workers Local 150
- Published, in a joint project with the Greater New Haven Central
Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the LABOR ALMANAC: NEW HAVEN'S UNIONS IN THE
1990s
- Held an award-winning New Haven Labor History Bus Tour in 1999, and
a second tour in 2000, as part of the International Festival of Arts
and Ideas
- Organized Workers Memorial Day (April 28, 2001) to commemorate all
those who have been killed, maimed and sickened making Connecticut a
leading industrial state
- Conducted a retired teachers' "oral history exchange" project
- Completed surveys of the records of 26 union locals and individuals
in the Greater New Haven area.
Ongoing and upcoming projects of the GNHLHA
include:
- An exhibit at the New Haven Colony Historical Society about the clothing and garment workers’ Locals in the New Haven area
- A labor history walking tour of the River Street area in Fair Haven
- Transcriptions of about 35 oral history interviews conducted by volunteers in the early 1990s, and making the text available on our web site
- A research guide based on the union records surveys, to be made available in print form and on the web
- The GNHLHA can work with you to research your own workplace, industry or union. We will help you collect, preserve, and share pieces of your working history
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