The history of the American labor movement is a history of external and internal struggle. Abstract This...
Labor
Introduction The Haymarket affair (also known as the Haymarket riot or Haymarket massacre) on Tuesday May 4,...
Don’t believe the corporate lies. Today’s unions are growing, expanding, and boosting the wages and economic prospects...
Lebanese factory workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1890-1950. Originally published by North Carolina State University, August 2018, republished...
In 1888, small farmers, sharecroppers, and industrial workers organized to fight inequality. Today, when Americans think about...
George Pullman’s unbending business acumen made him a mogul but also inspired the greatest labor uprising of...
The Seattle General Strike had its origins in the city’s many shipyards. It shut down a major...
Coming out was one of the core values of the gay liberation movement in the early 1970s,...
Union members and construction workers hold a rally on May 22 in Columbus Circle in New York...
Shutterstock If big employers had more competition, they’d have to pay their workers better. By Michael Taillard...