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View: Labor History Links

Labor History Links

History Sites, Resources

A comprehensive bibliography of information, documents and links of U.S. labor history sites on the internet. It was developed by labor historian Rosemary Feurer for the Labor and Working Class History Association. Visit site

View: John L. Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor

John L. Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor

History Sites, Iowa, Local and Regional Resources, Resources

John L. Lewis was born February 12th 1880, to Welsh immigrant parents in the coal mining camp of Cleveland, Iowa- one mile East of Lucas, Iowa. He began working in the Big Hill Coal Mine in Lucas, IA as a teenager, joining the UMWA Local #799 in 1900. He began his rise to power in the United Mine Workers of America and served as President of the UMWA for forty years and was founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

President Reagan with William French Smith making a statement to the press regarding the air traffic controllers strike (PATCO) from the Rose Garden on August 3, 1981.

View: PATCO: The Strike That Changed American Labor

PATCO: The Strike That Changed American Labor

History Sites, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, The Takeaway

The Takeaway traces it all back to August 1981, when nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers went on strike creating a standoff with Ronald Reagan that ended when he fired the majority of them and de-certified their union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.

View: Illinois Labor History Society

Illinois Labor History Society

History Sites, Illinois, Local and Regional Resources, Resources

It shall be the Purpose of the Illinois Labor History Society to encourage the preservation and study of labor history materials of the Illinois Region, and to arouse public interest in the profound significance of the past to the present.

View: The Southern Historical Association

The Southern Historical Association

History Sites, Resources, The Southern Historical Association

The Southern Historical Association was organized on November 2, 1934 with the idea of promoting an “investigative rather than a memorial approach” to southern history. Its objectives are the defense of history education and historical thinking in the South; the promotion of rigorous research in southern history; the collection and preservation of the South’s historical records; and the encouragement of state and local historical societies in the South.

View: Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History

Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History

History Sites, Lawrence, Local and Regional Resources, Massachusetts, Resources

The Lawrence Textile Strike was a public protest mainly of immigrant workers from several countries, including Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Canada, France, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Syria, and Turkey. According to the 1910 census, 65% of mill workers (many of whom eventually struck) lived in the United States for less than 10 years; 47% for less than five years.

View: Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937

Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937

History Sites, Michigan State University, Resources

The site has been designed around the general idea of providing diversified, nonlinear access to digital audio content. Users can choose from a number of different modes of presentation, including audio essays, a timeline, strike map, and a user-friendly, yet very accurate search engine.

View: The Red State Revolt, The Uniqueness of Arizona’s Red for Ed Teacher’s Movement

The Red State Revolt, The Uniqueness of Arizona’s Red for Ed Teacher’s Movement

Arizona State University, Media, PDF, PDF WTM, Research Collections, Resources, When Teachers Mobilize

The ongoing Red for Ed movement in Arizona sparks an interesting discussion on its place as a social movement. This thesis examines the movement in close detail, particularly in regard to how it fits within the social movement literature’s insider/outsider framework.

View: Boott Cotton Mills Museum

Boott Cotton Mills Museum

Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Clio, History Sites, Lowell, Lowell Mill Girls, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources

The Boott Cotton Mills Museum gives a snapshot of what is was like to work in New England cotton mills in the 1800s. The Museum, once Boott Mill #6, was originally owned by Kirk Boott, an industrialist who was responsible for much of the early urban planning that shaped Lowell’s industrial and residential landscape.