photos from the 17 day wildcat strike called in 1945. click on Image
photos from the 1947 Dedication of Murray Bluiding. click on Image
1951 Mortgage Burning Ceremony
Union Celebrations
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Past Renters
When the Association offered to purchase 37-41 West Front Street in February 1946 the building had tenants. The conditions of the building sale acknowledged these tenancies.
Nick G. Fotos rented No. 37 West Front Street from November 1945 to August 1948, apparently renting all of No. 37, the basement, first and second floors.
Fred and Helmuth Thoms rented the basement and first floor of No, 41 West Front Street from September 1944 to September 1946.
Four rentors occupied the second floor of No. 41: Mrs. Edith Sparks, Mrs. Rose Yentz, Mrs. Tracey Meyers, and Mrs. Forrest Kettinger, and rented space either by the week or by the month.
Establishment of the Museum
In 2001 the Monroe County Council CIO Social & Welfare Association conceived a bold plan for the adaptive re-use of the historic hall-- creation of a labor history museum for Monroe County dedicated to: It is the mission of the Monroe County Labor Museum to provide a facility open to the public for the purpose of the following :
1. Preservation and display of local, regional and national labor history for present and future generations to view.
2. Provide a venue for a youth outreach program that educates our youth about labor's past history and present cause.
3. Provide an area for organized labor and the public to gather which will be immersed with labor history.
4. Provide a library and database for the research of labor history.
5. Provide a facility that will be self-sustainable and managed in an efficient manner.
The Monroe County Labor History Museum is managed by an executive board, the Monroe County Council CIO Social & Welfare Association, the same organization which was incorporated in 1946. The Association has been in operation since that date…but probably longer!
