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United States Labor and Industrial History Audio Archive Includes oral histories, important historical speeches and proceedings from a conference titled "The Fight for America's Future: A Teach-In with the Labor Movement," held October 3-4, 1996 at Columbia University, NYC. Archives complied by Department of History University at Albany, State University of New York. Bread and Roses: Poetry and History of the American Labor Movement Poems celebrating workers struggles and books and articles about the history of the American labor movement from the early 1800s to the 1920s. Working Class Movement Library A collection of materials concerned with the activities, expression and enquiries of the labor movement, its allies and its enemies, since the late eighteenth century. Trade Union Woman History and analysis of women's involvement in labor unions, by Alice Henry of the Women's Trade Union League, 1915 The Merger of the AFL and CIO The constitution of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations created after the merger. The Chicago Stock Yards on the Eve of the CIO (1936) A description of the working conditions prior to unionization. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Unionism Excerpts from an oral history describing the struggles of the CIO in the 1930s. History of AFL-CIO Leadership History of recent leadership, includes links on union policy and recent news regarding the AFL-CIO. The Harry Bridges Project Commemorating the centenary of the birth of the San Francisco trade unionist who led the 1933 General Strike in that city. American Labor History Presentation of an online study guide, searchable by topic or by period. |
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