Mother Jones Birthday Party 2024
Sun, Apr 28
|Irish American Heritage Center
Featuring Sara Nelson, President, Association of Flight Attendants Meet the Selected artist for our Mother Jones Monument Project--This is an official feedback event for our new sculpture Other performers and features to be announced Huge Birthday Cake supplied by Bakers Local 1
Time & Location
Apr 28, 2024, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60630, USA
Guests
About the Event
Sara Nelson -- Association of Flight Attendants President -- keynote speaker
Sometimes referred to as the Labor Movement’s modern-day “Mother Jones,” Sara Nelson is current President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. Sara came to national prominence in January 2019 when she called for a General Strike in response to the Federal Government Shutdown. The Shutdown ended shortly thereafter.
Like Mother Jones, it seems there’s not a picket line Sara Nelson has not been on in the last few years nor a major struggle she has not been engaged in.
Asked about her love of Mother Jones, Sara responded: “When I first became involved in my union, I told a mentor I didn’t know much about the broader labor movement and asked for something to read. The first book he handed me was ‘The Autobiograpy of Mother Jones.’ I’ve never stopped reading it.”
It also appears Sara Nelson hasn’t stopped…