LA Laborfest was created in 2011, as an educational and cultural not-for-profit association/organization. Its purpose of the is to present educational, cultural and promotional events, designed to educate the public about working people and unions, their history, their challenges in society, and to promote international understanding and solidarity with workers, both waged and unwaged, throughout the world.
Our first project is coordinating a six-week commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. This tragic fire galvanized a national social justice movement to protect workers’ health and safety, and bolstered the modern labor movement defense of the rights of all workers.
