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Research Tools
- Bibliography
  - WWW-VL International Labor and Business History
  - Bibliography of Women's Labor History
  - 831-Bibliography, by Michael Gordon
  - The American History Local History Network: Labor History
  - Collected Bibliography of Comparative Labor History (H-LABOR)
  - Hewitt's Labor History Page, from the LaborNet
  - H-Labor WWW Site
  - ILWU and Labor History
  - Labor History Pages, from Red Robin {note: sparks several pop-ups]
  - Labor History Bibliography by Timothy G. Borden
  - Labor in the 1930's Bibliography, from The new Deal Network
  - Labor-Related Films in the Library of Congress Collections
  - San Francisco Labor Links
  - Scholarly Bibliographies of UNITE and Predecessor Unions
  - Unions on the Web--Researching Labor Unions and Labor History at Duke University
- Biography
  - Collective Biographies
  - Individual Biographies
    - Governor John Peter Altgeld
    - The Kid from Hoboken. An Autobiography, by Bill Bailey
    - Harry Bridges (1901-1990)(ILWU)
    - Cesar Chavez
    - Eugene V. Debs
    - David Dubinsky 1892-1982
    - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ["The Rebel Girl" of the IWW]
    - Samuel Gompers 1850-1924 1
    - William "Big Bill" Heywood 1869-1928 1 [IWW]
    - William "Big Bill" Heywood 1869-1928 2 [IWW]
    - Joe Hill (Joe Hillstrom) [IWW]
    - Joe Hill, from PBS
    - Sidney Hillman 1887-1946
    - Labor Hall of Fame: Sidney Hillman
    - Labor Hall of Fame: Sidney Hillman
    - James Hoffa
    - A Positive Light - Mother Jones
    - The Autobiography of Mother Jones
    - The Union Miners' Cemetery [Mother Jones' resting place]
    - Ralph Chaplin Remembers Mother Jones
    - John L. Lewis
    - John L. Lewis - Great American Orator
    - John L. Lewis and the Law
    - Mary McDowell, "Angle of the Stockyards" 1854-1936
    - Meany, George, 1894-1980
    - John Mitchell, President, United Mine Workers of America. 1970-1919
    - Albert Parsons 1848-1887
    - Lucy Parsons 1853-1942
    - Frances Perkins
    - John Reed, from Spartacus
    - Walter Reuther (1907-1970)
    - Walter P. Reuther by Tom Featherstone
    - Fannie Sellins - In the Midst of Terror She Went Out to Her Work, By Mara Lou Hawse
    - Rabbi Jacob Weinstein
    - Agnes Burns Wieck Collection
- Materials
  - Texts and Documents
  - Journals
    - Radical History Review and Radical Historians Newsletter
    - descriptions of Major Labor Journals, from Spartacus
Organizations
Instructional Centers
- George Meany Center National Labor College
- Organizing Institute: Main Page
Instruction
Timelines

History

19th Century

1800-1865
1866-1880
- IWMA 1869: Address to the National Labor Union of the United States
- Klu Klux Klan and the Knights of Labor, "Masonic" Brotherhoods Which Suppressed Reforms [1869]
- Avondale Coal-Mine Disaster 6 September 1869
- Overthrow of the Molly Maguires May 1876
- Execution of the Molly Maguires 21 June 1877
- When Women Were Knights - Formation of the Knights of Labor, 1878
1881-1890
- First Labor Day Parade, 5 September 1882, New York, by Ted Watts
- Race and Racism at the 1886 Knights of Labor Convention
- The Haymarket Riot
  - Haymarket Square
  - The Haymarket Tragedy 1886
  - Haymarket Massacre 4 May 1886 History and Documents
  - The Haymarket Martyrs 1
  - The Haymarket Martyrs 2
  - Haymarket Massacre Internet Memorial
- Coke Region Troubles 1890
1891-1900

20th Century

1900-1910
- 1900 1 May, Winter Quarters No. 4 Mine Disaster [200 miners killed]
- 1902 19 May, Praterville (TN) Mine Disaster [more than 200 miners killed]
- 1902 June-October, Anthracite Coal Strike June-October 1902
- 1904 Fall-Spring 1905, Chicago's Strike Ordeal.
- 1904 25 January, Harwick PA Mine Disaster and the Carnegie Medal for Heroism [191 miners killed]
- 1907 May, San Francisco Street Car Strike
- 6 December 1907, Fairmont Coal Company Mining Disaster [362 men and boys killed]
- 26 November 1906, the Marianna Mine PA disaster [154 miners killed]
- 1909 13 November, Cherry Mine IL Disaster [259 men and boys killed]
1911-1920
1921-1930
- West Virginia Coal Mine Wars 1920-1921, by C.D. Laurie
- Herrin Massacre 21-22 June 1922
- The Sacco and Vanzetti case 1927
1931-1940
1941-1950
- Taft-Hartley Labor Act, 1947, And Links
- "Right to Work Before and After 14(b)", By Charles W. Baird
1951-1960
- The Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959 [text of the act]
1961-1970
1971-1980
- 1972 2 May, Sunshine Mining Company ID Mining Disaster [91 miners killed]
1981-1990
1991-2000
- Live Off Work, Not Off Workers, address by John Keiser, President of Southwest Missouri State University, 1995
- The Waterfront Commission of the Port of New York: A History and Appraisal,
  by Peter B. Levy; Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Vol. 42, 1989
- The Fight at UPS: The Teamsters' Victory and the Future of the "New Labor Movement", by Dan LaBotz
- "Case Study of United Parcel Service. How UPS Blew It", by Linda Grant
- "Is Democracy Good For Unions?", by Steve Fraser
- "Unions and Democracy. A Reply to Steve Fraser", by Herman Benson
- Road Scholars - Adjunct Faculty, by Emily Schepers
- Labor-Management Conflict in the Eastern Panhandle: Perfection Garment Company Battles the ILGWU, by Jerra Jenrette

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