rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/labor-tour?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-labor-tour' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> AFSCME Convention https://actionnetwork.org/groups/afscme-convention-2018 https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Join your AFSCME brothers and sisters and check out some of the major sites and events of Boston's African-American, women's, immigrant, and labor history. You'll learn about the role of slavery in Boston's economic development and Boston's 54th Regiment of African-American Union soldiers in the Civil War. You'll encounter women's rights activists, settlement house reformers, and female garment workers who organized the first women's trade unions. You'll get to know some of Boston's historic neighborhoods — the South End, Chinatown, West End, Beacon Hill, and the North End — and the political struggles over land use and urban renewal. You'll meet the Irish, Jewish, Italian, Chinese, African-American and Latino workers who built power within their workplaces and communities from the eighteenth century to the present day. The walk is about 3 miles through downtown Boston. The tour will be conducted by students from the University of Massachusetts History/Labor Studies Department and will occur on Sunday, July 15, noon to 2 p.m. The tour will leave from the Information Booth, Hall B, of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center to board shuttles to downtown Boston at 11:45 a.m. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing, and bring your own lunch. https://actionnetwork.org/events/labor-tour