Notes from the National Capital Area

The National Capital LaboT History Society has inaugurated a series of \ecttnres on Washington, D. C.'s labor heritage in its 1983-84 program of events. It is the first of its kind ever done here, in that the series systematically develops discussions featuring individuals who were key participants in the labor movement and trade unions of Washington, D.C. These include such labor sectors as federal workers, hotel and restaurant workers, service workers, retail workers, building trades and printers. Particular attention has been paid to the role of black labor, civil rights, and female labor in the making of the labor movement in the area. One of the aims of the series is to look beyond the apparent facade of labor peace in the nation's capital by recording the experiences of the trade unionists who took part in the labor struggles of the past. Much can be gained by this local "digging" and research, not only by local trade unionists and workers in the area who want to know more about their heritage, but also by teachers and students in the public school system who wish to focus on this subject as part of their curriculum. The series ends with a labor history bus tour done by the Washington Labor History Tours Project, a research project funded by the D.C. Community Humanities Council

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