Union Web Services - History of Labor Unions

Child Labor

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:30:01 -0400

A photographic essay on child laborers in the early twentieth century. visit Child Labor

Knights of Labor

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:27:21 -0400

WIkipedia's entry on this early labor organization. visit Knights of Labor

Ludlow Massacre

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:25:16 -0400

The Ludlow massacre of April 20, 1914 was one of the bloodiest assaults on organized labor in American history. It took place in Ludlow, Colorado (today a ghost town) northwest of Trinidad, Colorado and was the climax of an effort to suppress a strike by twelve thousand Colorado coal miners. Here's link to the Wikipedia entry. visit Ludlow Massacre

Eugene Debs

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Official web site of the Eugene V. Debs foundation. visit Eugene Debs

Ceasar Chavez

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:21:23 -0400

Short bio of Ceasar Chvez from the United Farm Workers. visit Ceasar Chavez

Mary Harris Jones

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Also known as "Mother Jones." Here's here autobiography. visit Mary Harris Jones

Samuel Gompers

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:10:02 -0400

The University of Maryland College Park, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the AFL-CIO put together this collection of biographical information about the early leader of the American Federation of Labor. visit Samuel Gompers

The Haymarket Riot

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:06:37 -0400

The Chicago Public Library's resource page on one of the labor movement's formative events. visit The Haymarket Riot

MN Women & Work Oral History Collection

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:06:50 -0400

The MN Women & Work Oral History Collection seeks to document, explore, and interpret the historical roots of women's participation in both waged and unwaged work spheres, and to make this information readily available to interested persons. visit MN Women & Work Oral History Collection

LOST LABOR

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:06:01 -0400

LOST LABOR: Images of Vanished American Workers 1900-1980 is a selection of 155 photographs excerpted from a collection of more than 1100 company histories, pamphlets, and technical brochures documenting America's business and corporate industrial history.
visit LOST LABOR

Bread and Roses

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:04:50 -0400

Bread and Roses is the not-for-profit cultural arm of New York's Health and Human Service Union, 1199/SEIU. Its 220,000 predominantly Latina and African American women members are employed in all job categories in health care institutions throughout the metropolitan area, New Jersey and Florida.
visit Bread and Roses