MONROE — Today is Labor Day, a celebration of American workers. Learn about the Monroe County Labor History Museum and its exhibits and see who's been inducted into its Labor Hall of Fame the non-profit museum was started in 2001 and is operated by the Monroe County Council CIO Health and Welfare Association "Over 374 people visited the museum last year with most of the visitors being local," said Lisa Young recording secretary of the Monroe County Council CIO Health and Welfare Association "We do occasionally get traveling visitors from other states," added the organization's Trent Varva Young and Varva share information about the museum and its exhibits “The museum seeks to preserve the history of the labor movement here in Monroe in particular but also labor history from across the state about the importance of the labor movement and workers' rights We are also working to provide information to the public about current opportunities with unionized workplaces." What’s new at the museum?Updates were recently made to one of the museum's biggest exhibits "Organized labor in Monroe faced one of its greatest challenges in the first half of the 20th century There was an ongoing steel strike that had lasted almost two weeks The strikers' picket line at Detroit and East Elm avenues eventually turned into another battlefield along the banks of the River Raisin The incident drew national attention in 1937," according to Monroe News archives  "We recently updated our Newton Strike exhibit with new photos and easier-to-read information about the strike itself," Varva said "We also recently acquired some teargas canisters from that strike that we are looking to add to the display but we haven't completed that project yet." "We are currently working with Meadow Montessori on a child labor exhibit that we hope to have ready to go in the near future," Varva added "We have information on the extensive paper mill history here in Monroe," Varva said "We have additional information on the evolution of worker safety and a timeline of workers rights milestones over the last 100-plus years." The museum also houses the "For the Good of All" exhibit that shows the gains laborers have made in working conditions and wages "We are increasing the availability of our staff to accommodate additional visits," Varva said "We have done a few school field trips and are looking to accept more We are also accepting requests for tours outside of our generic 'open' hours if someone would like to schedule something Tours can be scheduled by calling 734-344-2579 though if anyone would like to make a donation we would greatly appreciate it," Varva said faced major hardships during the pandemic," Varva said "Our attendance is still recovering after our shutdown during the pandemic Our operations were significantly disrupted and we lost much of the momentum we had in the community we have found ourselves incredibly fortunate to have a number of new participants on our board who are working very hard to revitalize the organization and get back to our original mission and even expand our offerings We are hoping to have more as we continue to hold more events and invite more of the public to visit." "We strongly encourage the community to stop by and find out what new opportunities there are for education and betterment for working families in Monroe and beyond," Varva said "We greatly look forward to giving back to this wonderful community that has given us so much in the past." Subscribe Now: For all the latest local developments, breaking news and high school sports content. the Monroe County Labor History Museum has inducted a local person into its Hall of Fame Hesson2021: William Gulley2022: Rick Kull2023: Jim Loomis2024: Charles Guiberson To make a nomination, visit forms.gle/dNEV4MGJaeQ7qr3N9 — Contact reporter Suzanne Nolan Wisler at swisler@monroenews.com David Moyes has been looking for extra competition for Michail Antonio up front and has decided to spend a large chunk of his summer budget on Scamacca. The Italy international, who has signed a five year deal with the option of an extra year, scored 16 goals in Serie A last season. Read moreWest Ham, who have paid an initial £30m plus £5m in add-ons, had also made a bid for Chelsea’s Armando Broja. They decided to move for Scamacca after Chelsea dithered over selling Broja. “I am really excited to join West Ham,” Scamacca said. “I’ve waited a long time for this moment - it’s been a dream to play in the Premier League. “I feel like West Ham is the perfect team for me. They showed they really wanted me and when I spoke to the manager there was an instant understanding. “I can’t wait to play and show the supporters what I can do in the West Ham shirt – I hope we will love each other.” Moyes, who has already signed Alphonse Areola, Flynn Downes and Nayef Aguerd, is looking for further additions. West Ham are still in talks with Eintracht Frankfurt over a deal for Filip Kostic. The Serbia international, who has a year left on his deal, can play on the left wing and left wing-back. West Ham’s targets also include the Blackburn forward Ben Brereton Díaz and the Leicester left-back Luke Thomas. They are looking for another midfielder after signing Downes from Swansea. They have pursued Lille’s Amadou Onana and are interested in Napoli’s Piotr Zielinski. West Ham open their Premier League campaign against Manchester City on 7 August. They will be without Aguerd after the former Rennes centre-back underwent ankle surgery earlier this week. It could be a while before the Morocco international makes his debut. Kingdom Come: Deliverance was involved in controversy prior to release regarding the general lack of diversity in the game Criticism was raised against the lack of diversity in the title The developers defended their decision by citing historical accuracy which was a major marketing angle of the game Kingdom Come is set in 15th Century Bohemia the game’s few female characters are only given minor roles these decisions were defended by claims that 15th Century Bohemia didn’t have a non-white population gender inequality prevented women from holding positions of administrative power co-founder of Warhorse Studios and one of the writers for the game was at the center of the controversy and spoke about the topic at a developer event in Croatia Várva outspokenly criticised the media’s handling of the controversy claiming that certain outlets quoted non-existant historians and did not engage in conversation “It all started without anyone asking us for an opinion All of a sudden there were articles on the internet nobody asked us about what they were writing - which is not very good journalism Most of the articles were written in a way that was like ‘it didn’t happen as well as his association with the hate group GamerGate were also brought to attention during the controversy and some critics theorized that the game will be tailored to be a vehicle for his political views Várva’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were also cited by people who were concerned that the lack of diversity in the game stemmed from a reason other than the historical accuracy that was claimed There’s an anarchist sitting with me in the office there are liberal guys sitting with me in the office So it has no propaganda because there are more people with the opposite political views to what I have in the same office we’re able to cooperate so it’s ridiculous.” Kingdom Come: Deliverance did not suffer for the controversy in terms of sales having sold more than one million copies within two weeks it may even have helped based on a number of Steam reviews with many clamming to have purchased the game due to the criticisms regarding diversity When not playing an RPG or anything sci-fi related