(TROY, NEW YORK) - Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey Once said: "The History of the American Labor Movement Needs to be Taught in Every School in This Land.  America is a ‘Living Testimonial’ to What Free Men and Women Organized Into Free Democratic Trade Unions Can Do to Make a ‘Better Life.’  We Ought to be Proud of it."

Recent Polling Reveals That, for the First Time in American History, a Majority of Americans (54%) Say They Know Just a Little or Don't Know Much About Unions.

Over the Last Number of Years, Workers and Their Unions Have Come Under Increasing Attack From Conservative Organizations, Politicians, Media and Many in the Corporate Community. 

A Study Jointly Produced by the Albert Shanker Institute and the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC): American Labor In U.S. History Textbooks: How Labor's Story Is Distorted In High School History Textbooks, Noted: "In the High School History Textbooks Our Children Read, Too Often We Find Labor’s Role in American History - and Labor’s Important Accomplishments, Which Changed American Life Forever - are Misrepresented, Downplayed or Ignored."

So, What Can Be Done to Reverse This Trend?

One Place to Start is to Ensure American Students Have an Opportunity to Learn About the History of the Labor Movement and the Role it Plays Improving the Lives of Working Families.

That’s the Central Mission of the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC) - an All-Volunteer, Non-Profit Organization Whose Mission is to Create, Collect and Disseminate High-Quality Curriculum and Teaching Materials Concerning Labor and its History to Teachers Nationwide Through its Web Site and by Conducting Workshops.

The ALSC Sponsors an Annual Gold Medal Prize and $1,000 Award for the Best Project On Labor for the National History Day Contest, Assisted in the Development of the Boy Scout Labor Merit Badge and Owns and is Restoring the Home of Kate Mullany Who Founded and Led the Nation's First Bona Fide All Female Union - the Troy Collar Laundry Union - in Troy. 

Last May, the ALSC Produced the Highly Successful Musical About Mullany and Her Colleagues, Don't Iron While The Strike Is Hot! – Which is About the Union's Daring and Successful 1864 Strike.

Readers are Invited to Support the Mission and Activities of the ALSC and its Mullany House Restoration Efforts by Supporting its Annual Labor Recognition Reception That’s Being Held at the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) Headquarters in Latham, New York, On December 15th (Tickets and Information On Sponsoring an Ad in the Event's Commemorative Journal are Available by Clicking HERE.)  A Reception Will Honor New York State Senator Neil Breslin and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, as Well as the Author/Director, Ruth Henry, and Producer Tony Bifaro of the Mullany Musical.

Support Will Help Make Vice President Humphrey's Dream a Reality.