The Pennsylvania Labor History Society and the Steelworkers’ Archives COMMEMORATING BETHLEHEM STEEL and the LEHIGH VALLEY WORKERS’ MEMORIAL: 25th ANNIVERSARY Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17, 2016 Events, Friday, September 16 Location: Saucon Valley Acres, 1303 Evergreen Drive & Black River Road, Lower Saucon Township, Bethlehem, PA, free parking. For details see http://palaborhistory.org. Pennsylvania Labor History Society business meeting, 4:00–5:45 p.m. Awards dinner buffet, entertainment, and song, 6:00–8:30/9:00 p.m. • Alex Gerger on the accordion, • Presentation of awards: o George Bonser, SPFPA Local 522 of Sands Casino Bethlehem Security Guards, Mother Jones Labor Leadership Award for recognition of organizing the Casino security guards. o Dennis Hower, Brian Taylor, and Daniella DeLeon, Teamsters Local 773, William Sylvis Labor Organizing Award for recognition of organizing workers in Lehigh Valley. o Lester Clore, USWA Local 2599 and Steelworkers’ Archives, John Brennan Labor Education award for speaking to schools, tour groups, and community- based organizations on the history of steelworkers and the role of unions at Bethlehem Steel. Events, Saturday, September 17 For details see http://palaborhistory.org. Location: St. John’s Windish Lutheran Church, 617 East 4th Street, Bethlehem, free parking across the street from the church. Lectures (free; open to the public), 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. • Ron Ennis, Postal Workers union on the 1910 strike wave in Lehigh Valley. • Carol Henn, on growing up in a steelworker’s family on Bethlehem’s South Side. • Frank Behum, United Steelworkers union, work and life on Bethlehem’s South Side. • Jill Schennum, on the decline of Bethlehem Steel. Steelworker "overtime” lunch and tour of St. John’s Windish Church, 12 noon–1:00 p.m. “Steeples and Steel” bus tour, 1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Docent-guided tour, National Museum of Industrial History, 602 East 2nd Street, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Labor Donated ----------------------2016 Labor History Commemoration Registration Form---------------------- Name: ______________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________ Email: ______________________________________ Photocopy or download (from http://palaborhistory.org) and printout this form for each of your guests. (To reserve a table for a group (e.g. your union local, family, or friends) of eight, see accompanying table reservation fee form.) Check one or more of your choices ___ Banquet buffet (includes awards presentation, music, wine, beer, etc.) $ 34.95 ___ Steelworkers’ “overtime lunch” and Steeples and Steel tour $ 15.00 ___ National Museum of Industrial History docent-guided group tour $12.00 Add $3.00 fee if check is sent (postmarked) after August 14, 2016 _____ Total: $________ Make check payable to the Pennsylvania Labor History Society. Mail check and this form to: James Young, Treasurer 2038 Susquehanna Street Harrisburg, PA 17102. HOTEL RESERVATION Pennsylvania Labor History Society has reserved a block of rooms, first come, first served, for Friday night, September 16 at Comfort Suites University, 120 West Third Street, Bethlehem. Call Comfort Suites at 610-882-9700 for group rates ($119) before August 31, 2016. CONTACT for additional information: Charles Lumpkins (814-867-0368 or [email protected]), President, PLHS Kenneth Wolensky (717-469-7729 or [email protected]), Vice President, PLHS Labor Donated .