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AFSCME LaborLinks - Women's Labor History
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees presents this directory of materials on the history of women in the workplace.
http://www.afscme.org/otherlnk/whlinks.htm
American Labor History - An Online Study Guide
Furnishes access to study resources pertaining to US labor history. Find articles, biographies, timelines, and overviews.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/6460/AmLabHist/index.html
Bisbee Deportation of 1917
Learn about this influential copper mine labor dispute in Arizona. This guide provides newspaper articles, eyewitness reports, and maps.
http://digital.library.arizona.edu/bisbee/
Centralia Massacre - 1919
Details the 1919 mob raid on the Industrial Workers of the World meeting hall and the bloody shootout that ensued.
http://iww.org/centralia.html
Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers.
Curriculum guide features a US labor history timeline chronicling the colonial period to the modern era. Includes class handouts and study resources.
http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/curricul.htm#1
Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History
Allen Lutins has compiled this list of major events in US labor history chronicling the years 1806 to 1989.
http://www.lutins.org/labor.html
Encyclopaedia of USA History: Trade Unions
Provides profiles of noted US trade union activists and furnishes access to trade union organizations and journals.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAtu.htm
Freemasons, Friendly Societies and Trade Unions
Collection of articles and essays looks at the origins of trade unions in benefit societies such as the Freemasons and Oddfellows.
http://www.takver.com/history/benefit/
Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904
Learn about the collection of actuality films of the 1904 Westinghouse Works archived at the Library of Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/papr/west/westhome.html
IWW Repression During the Red Scare - 1917-1920
Read a reprint of a pamphlet from 1917 entitled "One Big Union Monthly" which was put out by the Industrial Workers of the World.
http://www.iww.org/remember/remember1.html
Labor Arts
Virtual museum displays the art and history of organized labor. Find photos of demonstrations and workers, strike posters, buttons, and ribbons.
http://www.laborarts.org/
Labor History in the United States - Suite101.com
Supplies study resources and articles focused on US labor history and furnishes access to related research guides.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/labor_history
Ohara Institute for Social Research - Images of Japanese Labor
Collection of posters describes the history of labor and social movements in Japan since 1945. Browse images of union and strike fliers with their English translations.
http://oohara.mt.tama.hosei.ac.jp/posengl/
Reference Sources in US Labor Studies
Andrew H. Lee provides this annotated guide to reference resources on labor history in the United States. Lists bibliographies, biographies, guides, and periodicals.
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/resources/
Social Security Act of 1935
Read the entire labor-backed Social Security Act of 1935 which was signed into law by the New Deal president, Franklin Roosevelt.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/35actinx.html
Sources in U.S. Women's Labor History
Furnishes access to study guides and resources detailing the history of women's labor in the United States.
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/women/cover.html
Trade Union Movement - Spartacus SchoolNet
Comprehensive guide provides resources for the study of the Trade Union Movement. Access profiles of trade unionists and related organizations and journals.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TU.htm
U.S. Labor History - 1919-1919
Timeline provides a list of the important events in U.S. Labor history. Includes strikes, labor laws and union formations.
http://members.tripod.com/Norrit1/afl-cio/1910.htm
United States Labor and Industrial History Audio Archive
Hear recordings drawn from archives around the world relating to US labor history. Includes speeches made by renowned labor leaders.
http://www.albany.edu/history/LaborAudio/
United States Labor History Index
Furnishes access to journals, periodicals, research institutions, libraries, and course materials relating to US labor history.
http://www.geocities.com/m_lause.geo/AmLabHist/VL.html
USDA Historical Photos - Libray of Congress National Archives
View vintage labor-related photographs from the era of the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/histfeat.htm

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