Samuel Gompers was the nation’s leading trade unionist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and president of the American Federation of Labor from 1886 until his death in 1924.
The Center for Labor Renewal is an ever expanding circle of activists and ideas dedicated to combining different threads of working class organizing and activism for the transformation and renewal of labor as a progressive social movement in this country
Welcome to Labor in Illinois, a service of the University of Illinois Labor Education Program (LEP) and the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR) Library. We bring you news and information from the labor union community in the State of Illino
The Reuther is home to the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and the Wayne State University Archives. It collects, preserves and provides access to the heritage of the American labor movement and related reform movements of the twentieth century. The co
AFSCME activists can also use the Internet to prepare and inform themselves before going into collective bargaining negotiations. Some of the tools available in this section include checklists of contract clauses, sample bargaining surveys, sources of wag
The following recordings are drawn from numerous audio archives, though most come from -- or are processed at -- the University at Albany. They are organized by topic.