1. Suggestions varied from enshrining them at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington DC to Abbie Hoffman 's suggestion that they be eaten by today's "Joe Hills"-like Billy Bragg and Michelle Shocked . Bragg indeed did swallow a small bit of the ashes and still carries Shocked's share for eventual completion of Hoffman's last prank.

Joe Hill machte es endgültig zur Ikone der amerikanischen Gewerkschaftsbewegung.