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Laborfest: Honor Labor Building Our Bridges

Date:
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Time:
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Ironworkers Training Center - 3150 Bay Shore Rd., Benicia

Honor The Workers Building Our Bridges
University of Iron & The Ironworkers Who Are Building The Eastern Span of The San Francisco Bay Bridge
Learn about Ironworkers and their work at the Ironworkers Apprentice Training Center “University of Iron”.
The Ironworkers Apprentice Training Center in Benicia trains the workers who are building our bridges and infrastructure. Watch a slide show of the workers building the Eastern Span by labor process photographer Joseph Blum. There will be a screening of “Halfway To Hell, The Workers And Unions That Built The Golden Gate Bridge” narrated by Danny Glover and “Hanging Iron After the Quake Of ‘89”.
There will also be tours of the center to learn about the training and education of the workers who build our country.
http://www.universityofiron.org
See also:
http://www.ironworking.com/pic_jblum.html
http://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012schedule.htm
Added to the calendar on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 10:26AM
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