Indianapolis, The Labor Capital

A City Built on Hard Work and Innovation

Indiana’s Involvement in the Federal and International Labor Movement

The State’s Role in Shaping Early Labor Rights and Activism

Marginalized Groups and Public Service

The First Black Firefighters in Indianapolis

The Creation of Labor Assemblies

Collaboration and Cooperation in Labor Reform

Region-Wide Campaigns for Labor Improvements

Midwestern Conference for Labor Reform

First Labor Organizations

Striving for Better Labor Conditions

Labor Before Improvements

Unregulated Labor in Factories in the 1800s

Migrant Labor in Indiana

Deschler and Kingan Meat Packing Plants

Barbara Boyd