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The Social Care Company Trying to Undermine the U.S. Labor Board

Findhelp is a public benefit corporation that wants the structure of the National Labor Relations Board held unconstitutional. Critics say those things don’t square.

Capital & Main · Mar 27

Biden To Establish National Monument Honoring Frances Perkins

President Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring Frances Perkins, first woman in Cabinet.

Biden to sign proclamation establishing national monument honoring first US female Cabinet secretary

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024

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Maine leaders seek national monument for home of Frances Perkins, 1st woman Cabinet member

Maine wants to do more to honor America's first female presidential Cabinet member

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2024

Push to honor trailblazing woman who spearheaded New Deal with monument

Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet, was labor secretary under FDR

The Guardian - US · Aug 8, 2024

A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws

The 10-story Brown Building, site of one of the deadliest workplace disasters in United States history, stands one block east of Washington Square Park in New York City. Despite three bronze plaques noting its significance, it has long been easy to pass by without further thought.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2023

Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movement

The victims and legacy of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire are being remembered with a new memorial

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

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Unlikely Heroes review: the advisers who helped FDR shape America

Frances Perkins, Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes and Henry Wallace are given their dues in a fascinating group biography

The Guardian - US · Apr 8, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: Why is this foul-mouthed enemy of Social Security receiving a presidential honor?

The 17 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom named recently by the Biden White House are, by and large, distinguished Americans deserving of the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 6, 2022

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