Illinois Labor History Society ...

Photographic collection of child labor from the early 1900's.

Trade Unions ...

The Library of Congress Inside an American Factory: Films of the Westinghouse Works, 1904 Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress Search by Keywords | Browse the Subject Index | List the Film Titles The Westinghouse Works Collection contains 21 actuality films showing various views of Westinghouse companies. Most prominently featured are the Westinghouse ...

Rosie the Riveter - A website for women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II ...

A virtual museum exhibiting and cataloging the art of the labor movement and working people.

A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers. Sponsored by the Illinois Labor History Society Introduction The United States has the bloodiest history of labor of any industrialized nation on Earth. It is a story rich in human drama and tragedy. It is also one of progress and hope. This is a resource that teachers of United States history can use to incorporate our rich social and ...

OHS PLACES YHCIL ARCHIVES-LIBRARY HOURS ADMISSION LOCATION GENERAL INFORMATION SITE EDUCATION PROGRAMS GROUP TOURS Everybody breathing dirt, eating dirt---they call it pay dirt, for Youngstown clean would be Youngstown out of work... --Frank Bohn, 1915 The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor provides a dramatic overview of the impact of the iron and steel industry on Youngstown and ...

A wide-ranging topic that includes unions and labor oganizations, working conditions, industrial safety, women and children in the world of work, history of various industries -- coal, steel, textiles, farming, mechanization of industry, labor legislation, social aspects. Child labor Women in the labor movement People and places in labor The role of government in laabor Science and ...

Volume Thirty-Seven 1995 Essays in History Published by the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. The Pressures of PATCO: Strikes and Stress in the 1980s By Rebecca Pels On August 3, 1981 almost 13, 000 air traffic controllers went on strike after months of negotiations with the federal government. During the contract talks, Robert Poli, president of the Professional Air ...