LABOR’S LEGACY A landmark for THE LABOR LEGACY PROJECT, INC. Gerald Bantom, President Donald Boggs, Secretary-Treasurer Ken Terry, Trustee David Elsila and David Ivers, Coordinators David Hecker, Fund Raising Committee Chair

CREATORS OF “TRANSCENDING”: DAVID BARR AND SERGIO DE GIUSTI WITH SPECIAL THANKS FOR THEIR WORK ON THE LABOR LEGACY PROJECT TO Mike Kerwin, UAW Local 174 Lisa Canada, Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Richard Berlin Steven P. Bieda Sheryl Singal Al Carnes James V. Settles Jr. Alberta Asmar Mary Ellen Riordan Patrick Devlin Marilyn Wheaton, director, Detroit Dept. of Cultural Affairs The Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs City of Detroit Mayor’s Office; City Council; Planning, Recreation, and Civic Center Depts. And to our jury, which chose the winning design from 55 entries: Dr. Graham Beal, director, Detroit Institute of Arts; Camille Billops, co-director, Hatch-Billops Collection, New York; Bill Black, director, legislative and community affairs, Teamsters Joint Council; Dr. Melba Boyd, director, Dept. of Africana Studies, Wayne State University; Paul Krell, director, UAW Public Relations Dept.

ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT AND PROJECT COORDINATOR Merz & Associates, LLC Charles Merz, AIA Tony Maceratini Ron Alpern

SITE CONTRACTORS Turner Construction: Steve Berlage, vice-president and general manager; Ron Dawson, project executive; special thanks to Charlie Hornacek and Sean Hollister Aristeo Construction: James E. Like, vice-president, William Litz, project director Barton Malow: Douglas L. Maibach, vice-president and chair, AGC Greater Detroit chapter, and John Csont, superintendent, trade labor Walbridge Aldinger: David B. Hanson, senior vice-president; E.G. Clawson (recently deceased), group vice-president; Michael Smith, Associated General Contractors (AGC), Greater Detroit Chapter

Kirlin Electric Motor City Electric Guideline Plumbing Herman Rousseau Booms Stone

Arcs Fabricated by David Barr with Capitol Welding

LEGAL COUNSEL David Radtke and Lisa Smith (Klimist McKnight Sale McLow and Conzano)

SITE CONSTRUCTION BY MEMBERS OF THE FOLLOWING UNIONS: Ironworkers Local 25 • Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 58 Tile Marble and Terrazzo Workers Local 42 Laborers International Union of North America Intl. Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 • Carpenters and Millwrights Plasterers and Cement Masons

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THOSE OTHERS WHO GAVE OF THEIR TIME, INCLUDING Mark Alexander Steve Babson Barbara Barefield Natasha Bradley Nancy Brigham Shawn Ellis Barb Ingalls Frank Joyce Ann Kerwin Susan Kramer Norris Krastes Tom Lonergan Maude Lyon Dennis McCann Patrice Merritt Dori Veda Middleton Jim Pedersen Jim Pita Mike Poterala Phil Schloop Larry Sherman Frank Singer Mike Smith Ann Steel Reina Sturdivant Beth Thoreson Laurie Stuart and many others L ABO R’S L E GACY 1 ominent activists for ficers who laid out a chal- om pr ganizing rallies of the 1930s, the y Society of , honor the working women and men who built , honor the working women and men y esidents and tourists and has been hailed in local and s histor oit was a magnet. The big or tists met with Labor Histor , the ar .: y. m the public about labor’ s achievements. A raised dais would include quotations fr ograms Center Centur

st tin Luther King Jr has been visited by thousands of r ISION ISION t to infor Rises

“The arc of history bends toward justice.” bends toward of history “The arc ds of Mar d National Pr V ranscending T r and De Giusti named their design, was to rise 63 feet above steet level in the form of two stainless- r and De Giusti named their design, was -For W

e visitors with labor’s vision for a better future. e visitors with labor’s A , as Bar ore than 120 artists and sculptors from throughout the U.S. gath- throughout artists than 120 sculptors from and ore 2001. Under a bright in early March in downtown Detroit ered Avenue along the river side of Jefferson winter sun, they walked sketchbooks in hand with cameras and just west of Woodward . On August 22, 2003, hundreds gathered under a blazing sun to dedicate the new landmark, hailed as the largest gathered . On August 22, 2003, hundreds esident’s staff pored over the submissions on which the names of the artists had been masked out to insure impartiali- masked out to insure over the submissions on which the names of the artists had been pored staff esident’s , and inspir ead the moving wor ranscending W Pr Since its dedication, T and over the next several months, unions, rank-and-file members, Giusti vision excited the labor community, The Barr-De The Michigan Labor History Society had invited the artists to Detroit after HistoryThe Michigan Labor Society had invited the artists to Detroit At the nearby UA A panel of five sketches to complex drawings had been received. simple ranging from 55 proposals months later, Two c to r national news media both for its artistic merits and for the story it tells. On any day, you can find people sitting on the bench- national news media both for its artistic merits and for the story it tells. On any day, or standing on the dais to read sculptures, the Landmark, walking along the spiral pathway past the bronze es that surround of one of the two engraved tiles at the base of each often pause in front for a better world. Visitors hopes that reflect the words ar Transcending represent- Symphony Orchestra, of the Detroit work of public art in the nation honoring workers. At the dedication, members Federation of Musicians, composed and played an original fanfare. ed by the Detroit steel arcs, geared on the inside to reflect Detroit’s industrial might, and open at the top to symbolize labor’s unfinished work. industrial might, and open at the top to symbolize labor’s Detroit’s on the inside to reflect geared steel arcs, of working people. A spiral walkway at the base would lead visitors of the energy At night, the gap would be lit as a reminder Embedded in the walk- story. telling labor’s reliefs to eight granite boulders split in half, with the inside faces holding bronze way would be milestones describing labor’ letters, badges, newspapers, and other labor and social justice. Beneath the dais would be a time capsule holding mementos of the first years of the 21 Members of several building and to reality. and various enterprises would contribute some $1.6 million to bring the vision would complete and embedded the tiles that, two years later, the arcs, construction trades unions laid the foundations, erected

imagining what they could build there to tell the storyworking men and could build there of imagining what they women. tri-centennial. Detroit a gift of public art to mark the city’s deciding to present site, just north of Hart enthusiastic, and designated the Jefferson were officials A few blocks place. It was a location rich with history. Plaza, as an appropriate a community at the time of Indians had established Huron Street, west, at Third settlers in 1701. Fur traders, ship builders, and other work- the arrival of French In the modernplants had set up shop just a few blocks to the era, auto and other industrial ers had plied their trades nearby. rallied, downtown Detr east. And whenever the labor movement a few blocks of this site. of 1963 all had taken place within historic civil rights march Labor Day parades of the 1950s, and the lenge: come up with a work of ar our city gallery of the Hatch-Billops Billops, director in New Institute of Arts; Camille of the Detroit jurists — Graham Beal, director of the teacher; and Paul Krell Joint Council; Melba Boyd, poet and of the Teamsters director affairs Bill Black, community York; UA De Giusti, both of on a joint collaboration by David Barr and Sergio semi-finalists, the jury selecting three After agreed ty. “a wonderful Maud Lyon, 300 Director “It was,” said Detroit the world. public art installations throughout whom have created a plan for a major work of art.” example of democracy in action in selecting M 2 L ABO R’S L E GACY M Dates inDetr a gr to dispelthecorruptionofcomplacencyinAmericaandseek long asoneAmericanisdeniedhisrights,Iwilldoallcan as oneAmericanchildisdeniedtherighttoeducation.As hour, Iwouldn’t beinterested… Iwillbedissatisfiedaslong that call:“Ifitwasjustaquestionofwinningsixcentsan r vice; more leisure andlessgreed; more justice andless jails; more andless booksandlessarsenals;more learning AFL Pr struggling for, a betterfuture. “Whatdoeslaborwant?”asked labor movementhasneverstoppeddreaming about,or between richandpoorisstillwidegr the sameplane.” existence inthisnewcentury, andthatwewillallstandon gr hope,” hewr And hetoldofhisdreams forthefuture. “Itismyearnest pulled byhorsesreplaced byonespowered byelectricity. 2001, hedescribedhowduringhislifetimesawstr evenge.” Muchlater wrote streetcar driverMalcolmMcLeodin1901.“Andthrough theefforts ofthose unions wehavebettered ourconditions,reduced thehoursoflabor, andincreased ow andpr Detroit Me L While McLeod’s hopeshavenotyetcometrue—thegap Society founded eater senseofnationalpurpose.” 1818 wages sothatwenowcanfindtimetoeducateourselvesandourchildren ABOR esident SamGompers.“Mor chanics’ osper andthatclasssocietywillbewipedoutof ote, “thattheunionmovementwillcontinueto capsule openedahundred yearslater, in 20 way workersunionatthebeginningof alcolm McLeodwastheheadofstreet rail- “All skilledlaborinDetroit isorganized intotradeunions,” and taketheplaceinsocietywhichhasbeendeniedthem.” th for highpay,shorter Century. Inthisletter, buried inatime , UAW President Walter Reutherechoed Carpenters march D worktime 1837 H oit’s ISTORY F REAMING e schoolhousesandless of abetter UTURE P rinters strike 1839 owing wider—the eetcars Union, oldestcon tinuing union, Typographers 1852 founded Detroit and housedthenthesepeoplear rection andourprisonsare betterfed,more comfortablyclad ed inmuddyalleyways.“Theinmatesofourhousescor with theirfamiliesin“filthy, dilapidated,littlehovels”situat- hard from sunrisetosunsetinthesamebrickyard, living ers, whiletheirsiblingsof10yearsorolderwer work inabrickyard severalhoursadaynexttotheirmoth- Springwells, wher Industrial Statisticsdescribedlifeinthesuburbof annual report of theMichiganBureau ofLaborand were notpart of theskilledtradesorcrafts.In1883,first had beenlikeformanyDetr Century, hedidnothavetolookfarremember whatlife ofthe19 achievements attheturn Years ofStruggle More of an educational and fraternal organizationMore of aneducationalandfraternal thana 1818, whentheDetr social reformers overtheyears. dreams thatmotivatedmanyofDetroit’s laborleadersand tions, raisingwages,andhelpingtoendpovertywere the and fed. though theyhadcommittednocrime,inor admissiontotheDetroituntary House ofCorrections, even Indeed thatsameyeardozensofDetroiters were seekingvol- When MalcolmMcLeodspokeoflabor’s The labormovementhaditsearliestbeginningsher Abolishing childlabor, providing decentworkingcondi- - First Lab 1885 parade or Day e childr oit Mechanics’Societywasfounded. workers strikewith strong community en asyoungsevenwere putto Detroit trolley oiters —particularlythosewho 1891 support e,” declar th ed ther Unions (latertob der tobehoused Detroit F Detroit Councilof T Lab rades andLab e working 1892 or) founde epor ederation of ederation t. e in e d - or come L ABO R’S L E GACY 3

Photo courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University W wins 1941 UA contract at Ford otest the sudden ought petitions asking uck to pr 1937 hit Detroit e met with a barrage of bullets Sitdown strikes ession, they br chers wer W eat Depr . The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), of the World . The Industrial Workers UA y founded 1935 d fed us bullets.” A year earlier, at a Kroger grocery warehouse, workers led warehouse, grocery at a Kroger A year earlier, In March 1932, thousands of unemployed workers 1932, thousands In March om Ford’s security forces. Five workers died from their Five workers died from security forces. om Ford’s eamsters Union in later years, str Ford for jobs and health care. As they approached the plant, As they approached for jobs and health care. Ford these hunger mar fr them at a funeral servicewounds and thousands honored a asked for “We some bearing signs reading few days later, food; For of the who would become president by Jimmy Hoffa, T a load of straw- With members. of two of their crew layoff The Turbulent Thirties The Turbulent River and Dearborn to Ford’s Detroit through marched had workers the brickyard where Rouge plant, not far from Facing the hunger and homeless- fifty years earlier. labored ness of the Gr auto industr in 1913, and tried staged the first auto strike at Studebaker thou- plant in Highland Park where the Ford to organize Still, little new assembly line. on Henrysands labored Ford’s lines along industrial would be made in organizing progress until two decades later. ord F 1932 - Hunger March ts were for , ef y erry Strike” Kroger’s 1931 Centur wins contract at “Strawb th ce. As they gained mem orkers th of July parade. By 1886, the labor 1913 of the World of the World ganizing took place not in the brick- leads strike of Industrial W Studebaker workers 1901 worktime for shorter But most of the or Machinists strike made to organize the growing industrial workforce in the industrial workforce the growing made to organize bers, struck, and won shorter worktime and higher pay, employers sent spies into the unions and established a black- list of union activists. In the early 20 movement was strong enough to bring more than 10,000 enough to bring more movement was strong workers out for a Labor Day parade. The dominant labor. of unskilled or other areas yards among American Federation of Labor concentrated its efforts the crafts and the skilled workfor union, the Society was able to bring skilled workers and union, the Society was able to bring skilled a mutual insurance fund and businessmen together to create In the 1830s, carpenters and printers organized. a library. higher pay in 1837 Carpenters struck for shorter hours and and history, first strike in the city’s the in what was probably By 1852 the printers had printers struck two years later. Union, the oldest con- Typographical established the Detroit years Three history. tinuing functioning union in the city’s demanded and won shorter work clerks the city’s later, workers struck and two years later hours. In 1863, railroad on strike. port sector went growing dockworkers in the city’s as a sepa- labor movement marched In 1865, the burgeoning rate division in the Four 4 L ABO R’S L E GACY Dates inDetroit’s gaining inthe1960s,thousandsjoinedlabormovement. ers andotherpublicworkerswontherighttocollectivebar- ing theirfightforsocialandeconomicjustice.Whenteach- reach, strengthening tiestotheircommunities,andexpand- sought tobuildontheirearlysuccesses,widening Economic Gains,SocialJustice ed onmanyfronts. decades ofstr election, andwhentheUAW won,itsignedacontract.The For ing ofdozensunioncontractsacross Detroit. By1941, founded Congress ofIndustrialOrganizations andthesign- r but athotels,departmentstores andcigarfactories.The gain. Sitdownsspr would for late December, 1936beganthesitdownstrikeinFlintthat force. theUAW In1935,autoworkersmettoform and,in industr march strike”andsporadicstrikesin andthe“strawberry the union,rehired theworkers,andsignedacontract. berries indangerofrotting, managementagreed totalkwith esult wasamassivemembershipincr L Over thelastsixdecades,Detroit’s laborunionshave As theDepression continued,eventslikethehunger d, thelastholdoutinauto,hadagreed toarepresentation UA 1946 ABOR y begantoemboldenthegr W strikes ce GeneralMotorstor uggle toor ead toDetr Martin LutherKing, Jr W orkers marchwith ganize theunor H 1963 oit —notjustinautoplants ISTORY ecognize theunionandbar owing industrialwork ease inthenewly . ganized hadsucceed bargaining rights bargaining P win colle ublic workers 1965 ctive - - - world fr ture attheLandmarkreminds us,to“bringbirth anew ished. We continuetostrive,asSergio DeGiusti’s finalsculp- gap atthetopofLaborLegacyLandmark,isneverfin- could nothaveimagined.Labor’s work,assymbolizedbythe MacLeod todayfaceschallengesthatthoseearlyunionists ders —aglobalallianceofworkers. Mexico, andothercountriestobuildsolidaritywithoutbor- unions haver globalization oftheeconomycontinues,someDetroit’s tions ofthelabormovementtoworkforsocialjustice.As Action, PrideatWork, andothergroups seektouniteallsec- Randolph Institute,theLatinAmericanCoalitionforLabor Women, theTrade UnionLeadershipCouncil,theA.Philip ing acommunityofjustice.TheCoalitionLaborUnion of bringingtogetherlaborandfaithcommunitiesforbuild Workers IssuesandJobswithJusticecontinuethetradition farm workers.Groups liketheInterfaithCommitteeon and lettuceboycottsledbyCesarChaveztobringjustice members were amongthestrongest supportersofthegrape joined himinthequestforhumanrights.Detroit union Woodward Ave. inJune,1963,thousandsofunionmembers the broader community. Detroiters join grape b 1970s The visionthatinspir When Dr. LutherKingJr. Martin marched down oycott om theashesofold.” eached outtotheircolleaguesinCanada, 1995-2000 Newspaper

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n a m d l a W e g r o e G : o t o h P newspaper strike. Left: Solidarityduringthe1995-2000 1930s. Previous page:Organizing inthe to fellowunionmembersand bring newculturalexperiences Workers inmusicandthearts Americans, asjourneymen. including womenandAfrican underrepresented groups, workers from previously to trainincreasing numbersof trades workershavecontinued Building andconstruction Landmark dedicated Lab Michigan 2003 or Legacy or Legacy - L ABO R’S L E GACY 5 e fine-tuning. ferson just west of ucture from all dif- from ucture fer a place for visitors to sit t Plaza on Jef ferson to view the str ont of Har e they were carefully placed along the spiral placed along the carefully e they were IGH oss Jef ounding benches that of , but to the workers it needed mor r een space in fr H om the gr , union workers would cr onworker, “but my labor is in it and I want it to be perfect.” The onworker, e shipping them to Michigan, wher Labor Builds a Builds Labor s milestones, from ending child labor to providing paid pensions and health care. Aristeo, and health care. paid pensions ending child labor to providing s milestones, from ch,” said one Ir ISING ISING Landmark for Michigan Landmark s bronze reliefs. s bronze ecall labor’ R uction, most eyes would have judged the job okay e trucked to downtown Detroit. ose in sections day by day in early May cs r t first, it sounded like a typical construction job t first, it sounded like and Craig McEntyre Joe Malaneo, for Ken Gilbey, used to “skywalkers” who are skilled — three bracing steel structures placing, welding, and d, a site passed daily by thousands of pedestrians and vehicles. d, a site passed daily by thousands of pedestrians e they wer Ironworkers, Operating Engineers, Carpenters, Electricians, Laborers, Cement Masons, Tile and Terrazzo workers and other and Terrazzo Cement Masons, Tile Engineers, Carpenters, Electricians, Laborers, Operating Ironworkers, moved by the idea of building a monument to honor labor. Many of them were As the ar Working with Barr was sculptor Sergio De Giusti. The two won the commission for the art De Giusti. The two won the commission for the collaborative proposal with their sculptor Sergio with Barr was Working “My name may not be on this ar into the hollow interior to sta- cement was poured weighed 30 tons, even before It was no easy job. The steel in the arches The workers installed a raised dais for speakers and musicians, and sur The two graceful, curving arcs would soon become the The two graceful, curving arcs But the trio and their co-workers in the building and con- But the trio and their co-workers in the

oodwar A union members all helped construct the arcs, marking a new chapter in this area’s rich labor history. rich labor history. marking a new chapter in this area’s union members all helped construct the arcs, ‘I Want it to be Perfect’ it ‘I Want W Community Barr was one of the founders of the faculty union at Macomb labor roots: Both have that they call “Transcending.” The two Italy. from father was a cement worker who emigrated team, and De Giusti’s College and served on its bargaining sliced them in that would be placed the granite boulders at the site. Workers to select journeyed to a union quarry in Vermont befor two and polished one face on each half walkway to hold De Giusti’ do not touch at the top, it was critical that the two sides line up both horizontally and vertically. angles. Because the arcs ferent On the last day of constr the two bases hours unbolting, moving, and refastening and Operating Engineers spent an extra four-and-a-half Ironworkers ever so slightly until the tops lined up to their satisfaction. a light between the bases to each top, where Local 58 ran connectors from bilize it. Meanwhile, members of Electrical Workers energy. labor’s symbolizing the two sides illuminates the night sky, centerpiece of the Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark, rising fr centerpiece of the Michigan Labor Legacy high above the ground. Their goal: erecting a six-story Their goal: erecting 30- high above the ground. Detroit. in downtown ton structure that this would be no ordi- struction trades soon discovered they were nary The 63-foot-high stainless-steel twin arcs job. would be a lifelong tribute to each of them asked to erect of thousands of other union members in and to the hundreds had worked careful- southeast Michigan. Sculptor David Barr to a gleaming finish ly over many months to polish the arcs befor the 40 quotations on labor and social-justice themes. They also placed a and reading after viewing the sculptures and rest dozen paving stones that r all union firms, did the major construction work at the site with Aldinger, Construction, and Walbridge Turner Barton Malow, Motor City Electrical, Boom Stone, and Associated General Contractors. help from 6 L ABO R’S L E GACY H Designer andsculptorwhocr By DAVID BARR Art forPeople, NotforAristocrats manner. sionately toproduce inthisuniquely American worksofart Labor. Ichallengeotherswhobelieve intheircausesaspas- ef appropriate forademocracy. capable offunding,cr the distantfieldsofthoseslaughter arch oftriumphwelcomedthelivingsoldier, butobscured quering general,butrar that aristocracy funded bythearistocracyandresult glorifying wasart personal profit. those whohaveheartlesslyand frequently exploited themfor damental valuesoftheworker, andnotthearrogance of reawakened tothefactthattruenobilitydependsonfun- men, stoneworkers,andunion or tects, lightingdesigners,steel fabricators,engineers,quar deal aboutlabor’s messagefrom constructionworkers,archi- True NobilityDependsonWorkers’ Values It isar lars atatime,theirunions,andfriendsfundedthisart. examples ofsuchar for The Americanexperimentcanpr I havebeenreminded thatAmericawasbuiltbyworkers In thepr ts ofMichiganworkers,andintensifyingthemessage t initiatedbythelabormovement,r This wastrueinEuropean where history artwas Sculptors DavidBarr andSergio DeGiusti,whocollaborated tocreate ocess ofcr it intensifiesthemovement’ a criticalrole inanysocialmovement,because People’s HistoryoftheUnitedStates istorian HowadZinnasser . Paintingandsculptur A MonumentalAchievement ‘T reflected ontheirworkinremarks atthededicationceremonies t. Individualworkers,onehundr “Transcending,” theMichiganLaborLegacyLandmark, eating, constructing,andinstallingart eating for thisnewworkofpublicartonAugust22,2003. ely ennobledthedeadpeasant.The RANSCENDING’ T Transcending eated thear ranscending, ganizers. Ihavebeen ed inwar oduce anewart.We are e depictedthecon ARTISTS ts, inhisbook s messages.” cs is oneoftherare epr I’ve lear . esenting the that “artplays ned agr ed dol A - r y- eat - afford togoaway onvacation.Allofthis—the eight-hour lies thatowntheir ownhomes,acar to thehighstandard oflivingtheworking class—thefami- safety andwellbeing. our elderly, thefoodonourtables,medicalcare, our br system, thewatertreatment oftheairwe labor: thebuildings,roads, theautomobiles,electrical br and will,aspiralthatflowsfrom anopenedcircle, and could onlybesplitopenandpolishedbyLabor’ of rectangles around that it,with stonesofancienthistory rifice anddefiance—acircle thatdefiesthearchitectural grid and fresh ofsac- metaphors.Ibeganwith images andforms Translating LaborHistoryintoArt erate us. time withquotedvoicesthatwar that metaphoricallymovestheearth.Engravedstonesdefy 100 millionyears.T ishing massiveboulderswhichhaveresisted reshaping for example, buildingthesculptur of defianceandsacrifice,inmind,body the willingnesstosacrificeisheroic. thy purposeisawaste.Butdefianceforhighervalue,and out agoalisadolescent.Sacrificewithoutwor- unafraid ofdefianceandsacrifice.Defiancewith- onzes thatexpr eathe, oureducationandthat ofourchildr As Howar Wher My challengewastotranslateLabor’s ideals,intovibrant Transcending ever welook,seethevictoriesoforganized d Zinnnotes,“Americansoften pointwithpride is anartworkinresponse toLabor’s history ess thehistoricalsacrificesofworkers. wo steelar cs defygravity e r n us,encourageandlib- equired splittingandpol- , atelevisionand can , andspirit.For , for en, thecar s ingenuity ming agear e of L ABO R’S L E GACY 7 . y, the crucial y, ge wedding party will speak to many. en of the working en of the working class to war mous impact of organized labor mous impact of organized Transcending The average American in an The average American But still the ruling class sends the e-taking by a lar t this country. Only then can we final- Only then can this country. of the the promise ly make real to give Declaration of Independence, and chil- all men—and women ‘life, liberty, equal right to dren—the and the pursuit of happiness.’” Continue Our Challenges to live 40 industrial city can expect years longer and far better than he or she could anticipate 100 years part to the ago. This is due in large enor on our quality of life. childr The team that built “Transcending”: “Transcending”: that built The team De Giusti Sergio left, and Barr, David onment of the childr cs and among the stones. You don’t see that hap- don’t cs and among the stones. You , and envir , and glory it has earned. We are here today to unveil here are , and glory it has earned. We uling class dictates school budgets and school enroll- uling class dictates school budgets and Some people ask me for an explanation of the sculptures. It is also clear what labor has given to us. Now it’s time us. Now it’s It is also clear what labor has given to While aristocratic and totalitarian societies tend to build under the ar of The Joe Louis Fist! pening in front nessed enthusiastic pictur Explaining the Ar The r its financial and social ment policies. The ruling class fattens education, social advantages while draining the health plans, security at work. It is the old aristocracy class. All these represent clear that our struggle is not over. with the power, for this city and this state to embrace labor dignity its landmark as a tribute to its valiant histor and the exciting future. present, monuments to victorious generals, or maniacal dictators, the American challenge is to find our own voices, our own vision. By soaring out of the earth, but embracing humanity yet paying below it, by forming an excitement for the future, homage to the past, I hope - ug marks the e markers of a Transcending ficient to bring about economic ough the response of state and national govern-ough the response tones have a great presence and have always been presence tones have a great used to commemorate events. They ar people and a generation. existence of our people, of our labor generation. ect action of workers themselves in their labor str ect action of workers themselves in their

, a fairly decent wage and vacations with pay—did not , a fairly decent wage and vacations with Great works of art inspire people. Already, this work of people. Already, works of art inspire Great “None of this has been suf will lib- “Only when wealth is equalized (at least roughly)

ty be equalized. And only then will justice be possible in Sculptor of the bronze reliefs that surround the arcs that surround reliefs Sculptor of the bronze We Become of the Art Part We GIUSTI DE SERGIO By we wit- public art is being used by the public. Last Saturday, gles or thr of labor militancy. ments to the threat pro- gigantic justice in this country of wealth and poverty, duction and colossal waste, glittering luxury and miserable going to make the radical changes to pro- slums. If we are justice, much more duce a situation we can call economic and struggle, People will have to organize will be required. to strike, to boycott, to engage in politics, to go to protest, outside of politics and engage in , to act out the equalization of wealth. er come about through the natural workings of the market or the come about through government. the kindness of It came about through through the dir day S 8 L ABO R’S L E GACY br audience —gazingonthear this incr tra ar pr Romanelli. Iam Italian,DavidBarrisEnglish andweare Rivalta, andtheDantesculpture onBelleIsleisbyRaffaello str and agr Manzu, whosereliefs were partofagreat Italiantradition his simplicityofdesign. that wewantedourworktoproperly co-existandrelate to Pylon. HisinfluencewasimportanttobothDaveandme, in great symbolsinHartPlaza—theDodgeFountainand The incredible JapaneseAmerican, IsamuNoguchicreated Under Joe LouisFist.EdDwightwhoisAfricanAmericanmade the Detroit. GrahamwhoisMexicanAmerican didthe Robert dif Our Ar mittee memberswer stage set,Icreated thecharactersinopera,andcom- among thestonesofStonehenge.DavidBarrcreated the It r of labor. detailed. Iwantedavarietyofpanelstoconveythemessage panels are simplewithoutfigures, andothersare more the bouldersandlookingatimagesIhavecr become partoftheartbyenteringandwanderingamong influences ourexperiencehere. Thisisaplacewhere people We create anditiswhateachvisitorbringstothat theart influences. gods enterValhalla inWagner’s opera.ItalsohasMayan Bridge inArizonaandDelicateArch inUtah.Itiswhere the of theAmericanWest —eroded giantstoneslikeRainbow I tellthemthatforme,itislikethegreat stonemonuments onze reliefs, andreading thelaborquotations. oud tohaveworked togethertocr eet infront ofthegasbuilding. fer Down thestreet istheColumbusbustbyAugusto Many Italiansar It isanhonortobeinthecompanyofothersculptors In somerespects,dramaticoperaticstage. itislikeavery Each ofuswilldecidewhatitmeansonapersonallevel. eminds meofBellini’ ent nationalitieswhocr e allthepeoplewhocontributedfundsandlaborto gr eat inspirationtome,hasasculptur edible event.Theviewersvisitingthesiteare our ound Railroad sculpture nearby andinWindsor. t HasManyRoots e alsor e thelibr s Nor epr eated monumentsforthecityof ch, studyingthefigur ma ettists. Thechor esented inDetr wher eate thisnewpublic ar e thedr e across the oit. Giacomo us andor uids mingle eated. Some es onthe ches t. - struggled forsocialjusticearestruggled engravedontiles the daisandbaseofLaborLegacyLandmark: political field.” economic statusandalso…tosecure theirinfluenceinthe lectual workerstogettogether, bothtoprotect theirown “I consideritimpor and lessrevenge. We wantmore schoolhousesandlessjails…more justice If there there isnostruggle, isnoprogress. On thewalkway: The arc bendstoward ofhistory justice. On eachsideofthearch: If Ican’ never bedefeated. El pueblounidojamasseravencido. Don’ Pray forthedeadandfightlikehellliving. make youfree. isthebosses’plea.Aunionofallwill ‘Each forhimself’ Injustice anywhere isathreat tojusticeeverywhere. ofall. tooneistheconcern An injury W We wantbread, androses, too. The futur W human growth. Education isthegoldenkeythatunlockspotentialof On thedais: omen wer e justcometoworkher Enduring Message t mourn, organize.t mourn, Samuel Gompers, These quotationsfrom thosewhohave Mary Harris (Mother)Jones, t dance,Idon’ e dependsonwhatwedointhepresent. L e inlaborbefor ABOR’S Attributed toEmma Goldman, Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez, W tant, indeedur Albert Einstein, alter P Martin LutherKingJr., Martin LutherKingJr., t wanttobepart ofyourrevolution. First pr Harry Stamper, Frederick Douglass, e, wedon’ Lawr Myra Wolfgang, Early Detr . Reuther e menwer esident, AmericanFederationofLabor ence (Mass.)strikeslogan,1912 Founder, UnitedFarmWorkers The peopleunitedwill Union advocateandorganizer gently necessar physicist andmemberofAFT , Anti-colonialist leader t cometodie. oit LaborDayparadesign UA e bor Knights ofLaborslogan Longshoreman, musician Joe Hill, W pr Hotel workers’leader n. Civil rightspioneer Civil rightspioneer esident, 1946-1970 Anti-slavery leader Radical, feminist IWW organizer y, forintel- , India Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted. A. Philip Randolph Union and civil-rights leader What is wanted by the ruling circle is a docile, spineless, unorganized and inarticulate army of workers. Nelson Mandela South African freedom fighter and president Black people worked 350 years without a paycheck. Janice Hale Benson Wayne State University professor All great reforms, great movements, come from the bottom and not the top. The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the fami- John Peter Altgeld, governor, 1893-1897 ly relation, should be one uniting all working people of all What labor is demanding all over the world today is. . .a right nations.” to a voice in the conduct of industry. Abraham Lincoln, President, 1861-65 Sidney Hillman, First president, Clothing Workers union Ten hours or no sawdust. The future of labor is the future of America Saginaw lumber strike slogan for shorter workday, 1880 John L. Lewis, President, Mine Workers, 1920-1960 There is a direct relationship between the ballot box and the breadbox. Eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours Walter P. Reuther, UAW president, 1946-70 for what we will. 19th century slogan for 8-hour workday We’re just honest working men that have been pushed so far and so hard that we can’t keep it up any longer. We make our own history. Francis O’Rourke, 1937 UAW-GM Flint sitdown striker UAW 50th anniversary slogan, 1985 Labor creates all wealth. Who will take care of you, how’ll you get by, Adam Smith, 18th century economist When you’re too old to work and too young to die. Joe Glazer, labor singer/songwriter Some men rob you with a six-gun, others rob you with a fountain pen. Teachers want what children need. Woody Guthrie, musician and organizer Mary Ellen Riordan Detroit Federation of Teachers president When I rise it will be with the ranks and not from the ranks. Eugene V. Debs, Union leader and Socialist politician We want liberated visions in history remembered. There is a time to be tough, a time to be adamant, a time to Melba Boyd, Wayne State University professor be open to compromise, and a time to reach agreement. Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead. James R. Hoffa, Teamsters union president, 1957-1971 Eleanor Roosevelt, Human rights leader; first lady, 1932-45

The truly great man is he who would master no one and Cast me not out in my old age. who would be mastered by none. Isaiah Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American writer and artist If the federal government can pay farmers for not raising Power goes to two poles — to those who’ve got the money food, they can subsidize honest jobs for people. and those who’ve got the people. Coleman A. Young, Detroit mayor L

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PO ours leave from the Henry F R Sche Opposite baggage carousel 11 at the new Detroit Metro Opposite baggage carousel 11 T 5401 Cass Ave. at W. Kirby, Detroit. at W. Cass Ave. 5401 313-577-4024 Open Monday-Friday. The W Detroit Historical Museum Kirby, Detroit. 313-833-1805 at W. Woodward 5401 Call for hours. Open daily except Monday. See how workers brought together a car body and

one of the world’s first inte AI FORD RIVER ROUGE PLANT ROUGE RIVER FORD of the auto industry and part of the history of the Unite of the auto industry and part of the history Auto W better working conditions in Detroit factories. Other exhibits are devoted to immigrants as well as fur-trading and other early occupations. has regular exhibits on labor history and related topics. documenting the lab plant. T

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& t 12 L ABO R’S L E GACY Solidarity AcrossBorders Protection ofCivilRights Protection Proce Free PublicEducation Free Guaranteed Pensions Guaranteed Colle Equality forWomen Ending ChildLabor Shorter Worktime/ Right toOrganize Health andSafety Health Insurance Social Security Human Rights More Leisure Agreements Job Se ctive Bargaining Protection throughout thespiralwalkwayatLaborLegacyLandmark curity These MilestonesofLaborare engravedonstones dures Labor’s Achievements S TRENGTH Are America’s L ABO R’S L E GACY 13 es that tell the tists , you . The

onze castings of the hands of ar 1-A & 1-B Entry stones to “Transcending:” As you enter the spiral walkway will see the title “Transcending” and will see the title “Transcending” br De De Giusti and David Barr. Sergio tool hand holds the sculpture Giusti’s the panels on that he used to create the stones along the pathway opening panels also hold the date, 2002, when the artists started the as their signatures. as well project

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‘T stories of labor. Here is a guide to the sculptures. A map is on the next page. is a guide to the sculptures. Here stories of labor. A Guide to the Michigan Labor Landmark A Guide to the The spiral walkway at the Labor Legacy Landmark takes visitors past 16 sculptur The spiral walkway at the Labor Legacy Landmark takes visitors 14 L ABO R’S L E GACY The ArtofLabor: 3-B Our Crafts,Skills: 3-A The BirthofIndustrialUnionism 2-B Our Roots,Traditions: 2-A workers soughthigherwagesandunionrecognition. and partsplants,cigarfactories,retail shops,andhotelsas without jobs.In1937,awaveofsit-downstrikeshitauto Depression in1929leftthousandsofworkers thatstarted lives. the otherjobsthatimprove our in ourhospitals,andwhodoall teach ourchildr trains, ships,andautos;who design andbuildourbuses, construct ourhomes;who skilled tradesworkerswho These ar would beginitsdevelopmentastheMotorCity. soonafter,ing shipbuildingandcarriage-makingindustry; it the endof19 factories employingskilledworkersinavarietyoftrades.By ing, andlumberinginthe18 1701, Detroit hasbeenacityofworkers.Furtrading,farm- enhance ourliveswiththeirart. members —continueto makers —manyofthemunion ers, photographers,andfilm musicians, ar decades. Today, composers, Detroit’s labormovement for music havebeenapartof e thetoolsusedby tists, actors,writ- en; whowork th Century, Detroit haddevelopedathriv- Art and - th Century gavewaytosmall Century From itsfounding in : The Great Labor andCivilRights: 4-A on thestepsof theLincolnMemorial. speech, twomonthsbefor delivered hisfamous“IHave aDream” Fr conclusion ofthatDetroit Walk for down Woodward andJefferson. Atthe 23, 1963,125,000peoplemarched eedom, Dr. LutherKing, Jr. Martin e hegaveit On June L ABO R’S L E GACY 15 Century, st - , work y By truck, uction trades workers who This sculpture represents some represents This sculpture onics, computer programming, retail onics, computer programming, For over a centur , and ship, workers in the Skilled constr : oit — putting us on the map as rail, air products transportation industries carry Detroit’s River is to the nation and the world. The Detroit Lakes and the one of the links between the Great while rail lines and inter- Seaway, St. Lawrence of the U.S. state highways fan out to the rest parts factories in Michigan turn out millions of vehicles annually. 6-A The Transporters: stores, health care, science, agriculture, and education. science, agriculture, health care, stores, building unions and winning in these fields are Workers contracts. including jobs in electr of the growing occupations at the startof the 21 of the growing ers in the auto industry have left an indelible mark on Detr in auto and auto Workers the “Motor City.” build the skyscrapers and other buildings surrounding the surrounding build the skyscrapers and other buildings depicted in this sculpture. Landmark are 5-A The Builders 5-B The Assemblers: 4-B Our Movement Grows: 16 L ABO R’S L E GACY We CanBringTo BirthaNewWorld: 7-B Solidarity KnowsNoBorders: 7-A thePeople: Serving 6-B From To Slavery Freedom: 8-A weaker thanthefeeblestr where beneaththesun.Forwhatforce onearthis blood shallrun,there canbenopowergreater any- “When theunion’s inspirationthrough theworkers’ For The anthemofthelabormovement,“Solidarity working conditionsforall. workers allovertheworldtoef keep ourdrinkingwatersafe,andwhodoallthejobsthatenhancelives. clean ourstreets, whomaintainourparksandroads, wholightourneighborhoods, who place tolive.Theyincludeteachers,nurses,andfirefighters, aswelltheworkerswho ever,” inspires usbuildaworldwhere allare free: The Future Belongsto theYoung: 8-B ment justsouthofher slaves across therivertofreedom inCanada,aneventcommemoratedbyamonu- worker rights.ThecitywasaterminusoftheUnderground Railroad, leading Detr tice, socialpr the traditions ofthelabormovementfor economicjus young people willbetomor children castintheyear 2002, reminding usthattoday’s the walkway, thefinalsculpture bearsthehandprintsof oiters helpedbr Public service workerskeepourcommunityasafeand pleasant Public service ogr ength ofone.Fortheunionmakesusstr eak thechainsofslaver ess, andpeace. e ontheriver’ fectively fightforlaborrights,livingwages,andbetter As astronghold ofabolitionisminthe19 Union workersinDetroit are linkingupwith row’s on workers, carrying s edge. y andusherinaneraoffr At theendof - ong.” th Century, ee laborand L ABO R’S L E GACY 17 Robert Spindleman EGACY EGACY Assistant Director L Rudy Roberts Frank Woods Lugene Nelson ARIAL & MAINTENANCE ICHIGAN REGION 1A STAFF ANDMARK supports the SECRET M ector L ABOR ABOR Dir L UAW REGION 1A REGION UAW JAMES V. SETTLES, JR.JAMES V. AL SUEMNICK Jim Juracek Janet Schulz Chuck Zurawski Greg Drudi Jim Pedersen John Uram Don Jividen Deborah Buzzy Richard Greenfield Al Przydzial Al Wilson Kathy Stafford Stevers Wanda Barbara Turner Jane Wolfenbarger Ken Wood Robyn Aeschbacker Sandy Barbara Michelle Best Derek Lewis Chris Neal 18 L ABO R’S L E GACY Pensions SocialSecurity and To Protect HealthCare, W UAW LOCAL 228 orking inSolidarity LetUsAlways ensJ er ay .Henson L. Daryl President Henry Dennis J. Remember. G U Retired, Local212 Retired, REETINGS Ken Morris UAW 1-B AW LOCAL 160 and Retir Ex Activ ecutiv ee Cha e Members e Boar collective bargaining,economicsforworkers,laborlaw, focus onafullrangeoftopicsincludinglaborhistor certificate program that stresses cooperativelearning. certificate programthatstresses Classes aredesignedforleadershipdevelopmentand Financial Secretar You CanLearnHowOurMothersand The power andpolitics,communicationsskills. pter And HowYou CanMakeYour Own Or onthewebatwww.laborstudies.wayne.edu Celebrates OurProudHistory Making History The LaborLegacyLandmark Labor School d Fathers MadethatHistory, At theLaborSchool, (313) 577-2191 Contact usat at Wayne StateUniversityisa y-T reasurer y, L ABO R’S L E GACY 19 The Labor Legacy Landmark reminds us reminds Landmark Legacy The Labor to protect their rights and to their rights create our Unions. to protect that workers and Union organizers have fought and died fought organizers have and Union that workers 20 20 L ABO R’S L E GACY …for thehealthof to natures. cultivate better our more oftheopportunities infact, less revenge; justiceand greed; more more leisureandless andlessvice; learning less arsenals;more jails; morebooksand schoolhouses andless What doeslabor Wewant want? more or ganized labor Michigan’s M M i c h i g a . n A F L - C I the strugglesandaccomplishments O e your effortstopreserveandshare labor’s milestoneswhichresultin xpresses ourdeepestgratitudefor Labor HistoryMuseum This beautifulgiftofpublicart the standardoflivingenjoyed by somanyworkerstoday. 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International Union, UAW American Postal Workers Union Local 295 Metro Detroit Labor News Laborers’ International Union Locals 334 & 1076 AtDetroit.com Michigan Corrections Organization, SEIU L. 526M and the Labor Management Fund and Their Contributing Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco, Grain Millers Michigan Democratic Party Contractors (Associated General Contractors, Greater Detroit Chapter; Poured Concrete Wall Association; Associated Concrete Local 326 Michigan Federation of Teachers & School Related Contractors of Michigan; Mason Contractors Association; Bank One Personnel, AFT Architectural Contractors Trade Association) Barefield DesignWorks Michigan Maritime Trades Port Council UAW-DaimlerChrysler National Training Center BeneSys, Inc. Michigan Nurses Assn. UAW-Ford National Programs Center Bernie’s Brigade Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union United Food & Commercial Workers Boilermakers Local 169 Michigan State Assn. of Letter Carriers Locals 876 and 951 Buck Dinner Milestone Realty Services UAW-GM Center for Human Resources & Central States Joint Board, UNITE! Millwrights Local 1102 Local 124-129 Munder Capital o Comerica Bank NABET-CWA Local 43 Communications Workers of America National Assn. of Letter Carriers Branch 1 Blue Cross Blue Shield Metro Area Council National Assn. of Letter Carriers Local 3126 Blue Care Network of Michigan Dearborn Federation of School Employees, Newspaper Guild of Detroit Local 22 Health Alliance Plan AFT Local 4750 OPEIU Local 459 Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Delaware Investments OPEIU Local 494 Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 514 o Detoit Federation of Musicians, AFM Local 5 Organization of School Administrators & Detroit Assn. of Educational Office Employees Supervisors Local 28 Bricklayers Allied Craftworkers Local 1 AFT Local 4168 PACE Local 1001 Connelly Crane Rental Corporation Detroit Board of Education AFSCME Local 345 PACE Local 6-0568 International Union of Operating Engineers, Detroit Democratic Socialists of America PACE Local 7568 Locals 324 and 547 Detroit Federation of Para-Professionals, Painters District Council Detroit Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 231 AFT Local 2350 Paper and Allied Chemical Employees Intl. Union Merz and Associates Detroit Firefighters Association Pipefitters Local 636 UAW Region 1 Detroit Labor History Tours, Workers Education Plasterers Local 67 UAW Region 1A Local 189 (CWA, UALE) River House Co-Operative UAW Region 1C Detroit Newspaper Strike, July 13, 1995 Roofers Union Local 149 UAW Region 1D Detroit Police Command Officers Association Sachs Waldman, PC Detroit Sprinkler Fitters Local 704 Seafarers International Union o Detroit Typographical Union Local 18 SEIU Local 31-M East Detroit Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 698 SEIU Local 79 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 Fifth Third Bank SEIU Local 80 AFSCME Council 25 Gas Workers Local 80, SEIU SEIU Michigan State Council Aristeo Construction Co. Graphic Communications Union Local 13-N Southfield Fire Fighters Local 1029 Associated General Contractors of Greater Detroit Graphic Communications Union Local 2/289M Stefansky, Holloway, & Nichols Inc. Barton Malow Co. 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Brotherhood of Teamsters UAW Local 735 o Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1038 UAW Local 892 Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 243 UAW Local 900 Acquest Realty Advisors Inc. Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 299 UAW Local 909 AFGE Local 1658 Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 339 UAW Local 985 AFSCME Local 1166, MSU Intl. Union of Elevator Constructors Local 36 UAW Local 1753 Alpha Capital Management Labor’s Intl. Hall of Fame UAW Local 2200 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1564 Laborfest UNITE! American Federation of School Administrators, Martens, Ice, Geary, Klass, Legghio, Israel & United Steelworkers Local 2659 Michigan Gorchow, PC United Steelworkers of America District 2 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists McLaughlin Co. Wayne Co. Sheriff/Airport Police, SEIU Local 502 American Postal Workers Union Local 1766 Merrill Lynch This is a publication of the MICHIGAN LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY Walter P. 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