Spotlight
The Battle Narrative in PDF
TIMELINE OF SELECT EVENTS CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF CARNEGIE STEEL & THE HOMESTEAD WORKS
BHF member Millie Beik has composed a timeline pointing out important dates and events of the Homestead Steel Mill and the struggle of labor in 1892. Millie is the author of The Miners of Windber: The struggles of new immigrants for Unionization, 1890s-1930s. (1996,...
Out of This Furnace ~ The Walking Tour
David P. Demarest (November 9, 1931 – October 15, 2011). One of the founding members of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, Dave tirelessly advocated for preserving this region’s immigrant culture,...
Preserving the Vanka Murals
St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale is the site of a national treasure - the murals of Maxo Vanka, painted in the 1930s and 1940s. Hurricanes Ivan and Frances roared through Millvale in 2004 and caused damage, as water had seeped in quietly, and...
Maxo Vanka Murals, St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale
"The murals were created by Maxo Vanka, an artist with a spiritual sense of social justice. He moved from his homeland of Croatia to New York City in 1934, and Father Zagar, pastor of St. Nicholas, having seen an exhibition of his work, invited him to come to Millvale...
HARD HATTED WOMEN – an Exhibit
A multimedia exhibit featuring influential women leaders in the Pittsburgh region’s labor movement during the 1970s and 1980s. The In Sisterhood multimedia exhibit highlights the work of local feminists to gain equal rights for women and girls in our region and...
Pittsburgh’s Labor History Sites ~ an Interactive Map
From dramatic strikes to the formation of the AFL, the CIO and the AFL-CIO, Pittsburgh’s labor movement has a rich and deep history. Fight Back Pittsburgh has released a new online, interactive map of Pittsburgh’s labor history. The map points out the sites of some...
Health Effects of Fracking
We had a great gathering on August 25, 2016, at The Pump House with 58 people seeing the film Gaswork by Josh Fox and hearing first hand accounts. Workers in the fracking industry spoke and shared their very emotional experiences. Battle of Homestead member Patricia...
From the London Guardian!
