Web Directory

» 1896: The Homestead and Pullman Strikes
   A summary of labor issues in the public eye in 1896, including the Homestead strike of 1892 and the Pullman Railroad strike of 1894.
   http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/strikes.html

» American History Sweatshop Exhibition
   A pictorial tour of sweatshops from 1820 to the present. From the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution.
   http://americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops/

» An Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History
   Chronology of labor struggles in the U.S. starting with the Philadelphia Journeymen Cordwainers conviction in 1806, and subsequent battles with the government, through 1989.
   http://www.lutins.org/labor.html

» Belleville Labor And Industry History Museum
   Museum in Belleville, IL, that preserves history of industrial movement in post-Civil War to Great Depression Era.
   http://www.laborandindustrymuseum.org/welcome.shtml

» History of AFL-CIO Leadership
   History of recent leadership, includes links on union policy and recent news regarding the AFL-CIO.
   http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45b/index-bb.html

» Home and Dry Gazette
   A detailed, illustrated history of the Seattle Empire Laundry by Cynthia Rose, including union struggles.
   http://www.66bellstreet.com

» International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Collection
   Extensive resources on this union, including chronologies, oral histories, archives of publications, biographies, histories of locals, and links. From Georgia State University Library.
   http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll/labor/iam/

» Samuel Gompers Papers
   Project to make primary sources in American labor history available to students and researchers. Includes extensive biographical information about Gompers, plus information, photos, and images of primary documents related to other leaders and historical e
   http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm

» The Chicago Stock Yards on the Eve of the CIO (1936)
   A description of the working conditions prior to unionization.
   http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/stkyards.htm

» The General Strike Project
   Accounts, photos, and resources relating to the 1919 Seattle General Strike.
   http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike

» 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.
   http://www.theharrybridgesproject.org/

» The Labor Press Project
   Examines the past and present of labor media in the Pacific Northwest, with reports on socialist, IWW, and union newspapers. Includes photos and bibliographic information.
   http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/laborpress

» The Merger of the AFL and CIO
   The constitution of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations created after the merger.
   http://members.tripod.com/Norrit1/afl-cio/afl-cio.htm

» The Trial of Bill Haywood
   Dedicated to the explication of the trial of U.S. labor leader Bill Haywood in Idaho in 1907.
   http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haywood/haywood.htm

» 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 Hi
   http://www.albany.edu/history/LaborAudio/