RochesterLabor.org

SPECIAL EVENTS

Monday, September 1, 9:15 a.m.

LABOR DAY SOLIDARITY RUN
A 3K run in downtown Rochester sponsored by the Rochester Labor Council in conjunction with the annual Labor Day Parade. Come participate in the run, bring or meet family and friends, then stay for the Parade.

Race-day registration and Packet pick-up begins at 8:00 am at the Liberty Pole. Race starts at 9:15 am.

Route: From the Liberty Pole (East Avenue and Main Street) east on East Avenue to Goodman Street and back same route to Liberty Pole.

Early Registration: $10 (adult) or $8 (under 18) with postmark by July 25. First 100 to register receive a free race T-shirt.

Late Registration: $12 from July 26 through day of the race.

Parking: The garage nearest the assembly area is the St. Joseph Garage. It can be entered from Clinton Avenue, just north of MCCís Damon campus in the Sibley Building.

To enter the LABOR DAY SOLIDAR ITY RUN download and complete this REGISTRATION FORM and send to:

SOLIDARITY RUN
Rochester Labor Council
30 North Union Street
Rochester, NY 14607

Please include a check for
$10 or $8 (before July 25) or
$12 (after July 25) payable to Rochester Labor Council.

Sunday, September 14, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday Afternoon On A Bike With Jon: A Labor History Bike Tour
After a brief orientation the tour will leave RoCo at 2 pm and visit downtown sites celebrating the history of Rochester's workers — their jobs, their issues, and their unions. Stops include the convention center, where famous orators spoke; the aqueduct, which launched the city's economy; the first labor lyceum site; the centers of grain milling and the production of cigarettes, clothing, shoes and cameras; the headquarters of the central labor bodies; the sites of the union-run Labor Chest, an anti-chain store campaign, the first demonstration of the 1946 General Strike and more, including a bikeshop run by officers of the Rochester Bicycle Workers Union.

The tour will conclude with Q&A at RoCo with Jon Garlock, co-author of the Rochester Labor History Map/Guide, and All these Years of Effort, free copies of which will be available.

Guide: Jon Garlock

For more info contact: New History Tours