On a summer drive our family stopped at Red Square in New London, CT to visit with internationally acclaimed muralist Mike Alewitz. We toured his Red Square labor art museum. In the photo is (L-R): Joe Uehlein, Anna Grace Uehlein, Mike Alewitz, Lane Windham. We are standing in front of his mural of Joe Hill.
I remember back in 1994 the Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO was having a National Conference on Organizing and Coalition Building in Washington, DC, and we asked Mike to come, set up his art workshop in the back of the hall, and create a mural/banner based on what he was hearing during the proceedings. His amazing piece of art left the hall right after the conference and we all marched with Jobs With Justice to Union Station where workers were organizing. Since then, the mural has found its way to countless picket lines around the world.