Three 55 minute lessons from The Library of Congress American Memory Program on the rise of the American Labor Movement
US Labor Audio Archive Click here to read the history of the AFL-CIO and a number of America’s national unions. Read the statement’s of the major religions on the rights of workers to organize and bargain collectively Connect to a variety of resources highlighting the struggle for women’s equality and dignity in the workplace and their efforts to organize. Find specialized sites, articles and books as well as films and video on the history of Black Americans and their role in American labor history.  Freedom of Association Essential Principles and Country Studies 
Original Labor History Sources The Gilder Lehrman Institute
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   The National History Day Project
Read About NHD here! National History Day Gold Medal Prize ($1000) Theme: American Labor History  ALSC Executive Director Paul F. Cole awards the 2009 NHD Gold Medal to Mark Castera for his paper on Samuel Gompers Read it here! Organizing a Union Collective Bargaining An extensive resource of research tools including bibliography, biography, materials (texts and journals), organizations, instructional centers, instruction, timelines and labor history maintained by Dr. Lynn Nelson of the Kansas Heritage Group
Click here to visit a virtual museum designed to gather, identify and display examples of the cultural and artistic history of working people.  Labor Culture Selected guides to the art, culture and music of the Labor Movement Individual Workers Will Find Needed Information In The Guide While Teachers May Want To Use It In Their Classroom Instruction  Kate Mullany National Historic Site Home of the American Labor Studies Center |
 Wagner Labor Archives NYC Labor History Map |
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If You Don't Come in on Sunday, Don't Come in on Monday
Newly available award winning documentary of labor history. - Review - Order Triangle Factory Fire This web exhibit presents original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle Fire, held by the Cornell University Library. |
The American Labor Studies Center (ALSC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is
to create, collect and disseminate labor history and labor studies curriculum materials and
resources to K-12 teachers nationwide through this web site and via conferences, workshops,
seminars and exhibits and to restore the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York
where it is located. Paul F. Cole is the Executive Director.
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