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      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/
      American Labor History
      Presentation of an online study guide, searchable by topic or by period.
      http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/6460/AmLabHist/index.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
      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
      Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Unionism
      Excerpts from an oral history describing the struggles of the CIO in the 1930s.
      http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/newdeal/ciounion.html
      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
      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/
      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/
      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
      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 events.
      http://www.history.umd.edu/Gompers/index.htm
      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
      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 History University at Albany, State University of New York.
      http://www.albany.edu/history/LaborAudio/




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