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Visit these sites for an education in the proud history
of the U.S. union movement.
MAJOR LINKS SITES
- Education
Planet
A great links page that also connects users with
such resources as lesson plans, videos and books.
- Labor
History in the United States
Helpful links from Suite101.com.
- Yahoo!
The popular search engine's directory of labor history links on the
Web.
- About.com
Part of About.com's comprehensive American history
links compilations.
MORE LABOR HISTORY SITES
- American
Labor History
An online study guide from the Colonial through contemporary
periods.
- Child
Labor
From The History Place, a photo essay on child labor in 1908-1912,
with original captions by photographer Lewis W. Hine.
- Curriculum
for Teachers
A curriculum guide created for the Illinois Labor History
Society, covering Colonial times to the present. Includes helpful time
lines, a list of important people in the U.S. union movement and a bibliography.
- Eclectic
Events
"An eclectic list of events in U.S. labor history" focusing on strikes
and attacks on union workers.
- Samuel
Gompers
Facts about the first president of the American Federation
of Labor from the Illinois Labor History Society.
- The
Samuel Gompers Papers
A documentary history of the American working class, sponsored by the
University of Maryland-College Park, the National Historical Publications
and Records Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities and
the George Meany Memorial Archives.
- IWW—The Wobblies
The website of the Industrial Workers of the World.
- Labor
History WebQuest
Part of Hewitt's Labor History Page, this quest takes
users on a tour through helpful labor-related websites in search of
answers to 25 questions.
- Labor
Libraries
A linking list of labor libraries, from About.com.
- Labor
Quotes
LaborNet's compendium of quotes on labor subjects,
including pages of quotes from Joe
Hill, Eugene
Debs and Mother
Jones, as well as a bibliography
of reference sources.
- Mining
Disasters
Information about mining tragedies and the legislation
they resulted in, from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
- Mother
Jones
Facts about Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, from the Illinois
Labor History Society.
- Red
Robin's Labor History
- Dedicated to the Haymarket martyrs, this page includes
features on radical history, the Wobblies, women in the union movement
and more.
- Technology
and Labor History
With information from the George Meany Memorial Archives, a report on
labor and the history of technology in this country.
- UAW
History Site
Exciting moments in the story of workers who built
the UAW and made history.
- United
Farm Workers History
Information about the Farm Workers and César
Chávez on the UFW website.
- U.S.
Department of Labor
Selected U.S. labor history links.
- Women
in Labor History
An article from Women's History, with brief bios.
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