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National Domestic Workers Alliance – New York

History Sites, National Domestic Workers Alliance, ResourcesJanuary 3, 2022

Domestic work is the work that makes all other work possible. Together, we can win the protections and recognition that this vital American workforce needs. Join us today!

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Domestic work is the work that makes all other work possible. Together, we can win the protections and recognition that this vital American workforce needs. Join us today!

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In this oral history website Brooklyn College students narrate two historical episodes: their experiences of working on farms during World War II, and the events surrounding the suspension of the Vanguard, the student newspaper in a postwar McCarthy era climate. The edited testimony is accompanied…

Gallery from 2018 Post Strike, Monongalia County, West Virginia, Carrie Beatty Collection

Carrie Beatty, Media, Monongalia County, Photo Gallery, Photos WTM, Photos WTM West Virginia, Resources, West Virginia, When Teachers Mobilize

A gallery of photos to explore.

Surveillance photos taken from the Exchange Building show the National Guard gathered at the center of Concord Street at the height of the 1948 meatpackers strike.

1948 Meatpackers Strike

1948 Meatpackers Strike, Dakota County Historical Society, History Sites, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources

Many were home from war and wanted more than ever to live a long full life. Others had worked long days and nights during the war to feed the troops overseas as well as Americans on the home front. Some had migrated to the cities from farms and small towns looking for work.

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.

2018 CES Major Work Stoppages Report

Department of Labor, Media, PDF, PDF WTM GOV, Research Collections, Resources, US Government Publications, When Teachers Mobilize

In 2018, there were 20 major work stoppages involving 485,000 workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of major work stoppages beginning in 2018 was the highest since 2007 (21 major work stoppages). The number of workers involved was the highest since 1986 (533,000 workers).

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

History Sites, Resources, Women Labor

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000, is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women’s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the collection seeks to advance scholarly…

An Uneasy Union: Women Teachers, Organized Labor, and the Contested Ideology of Profession during the Progressive Era

Labor and Working-Class History Association, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, Media, PDF, PDF WTM, Research Collections, Resources, When Teachers Mobilize

In 1907, Grace Strachan, a school principal and leader of New York’s Interborough Association of Women Teachers (IAWT), explained the significance of the organized teachers’ campaign. “I don’t think any of us are working simply for our own interests,” she offered.

The Labor Press Project: Pacific Northwest Labor and Radical Newspapers

History Sites, Resources, University of Washington (UW)

This site brings together information about the history and ongoing influence of newspapers and periodicals published by unions, labor councils, and radical organizations in the Pacific Northwest. Labor newspapers have been a critical part of American labor movements since the early 19th century and an…