LibGuide: Labor Unions

Labor Unions


On November 15, the Library is hosting renowned folk musician Adam Miller, who will present the program "Folksongs of the American Labor Movement." If you're looking for resources to help you explore the labor movement, you've come to the right place! Contact the Library for database login information or answers to your research questions.

Research Starters

"Labor Unions," Research Starters: Sociology (Online Edition)
Labor union parade, NY., May 1, 1911
Photograph shows the annual trade union May Day parade passing the corner of 13th and University Place, New York City. The parade paid special tribute to the victims of the recent Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire (March 11, 1911). One sign in Yiddish notes "146" the number of fire victims. By The Library of Congress [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons.

eBooks

Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace
On Gender, Labor, and Inequality
The Last Great Strike: Little Steel, the CIO, and the Struggle for Labor Rights in New Deal America
Free Labor: The Civil War and the Making of an American Working Class
The Changing Role of Unions: New Forms of Representation : New Forms of Representation

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Books

Dissent in America: The Voices that Shaped a Nation
Labor Unions: Opposing Viewpoints
Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II
Cesar Chavez

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Online Videos


Databases

Read sources about labor unions from a variety of perspectives on SIRS Issues Researcher.

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Read about the rise of organized labor in this subject guide from U.S. History in Context.



Looking for more specific information? Customize your search with the US History Collection database.



To help narrow down your results during your search, use Boolean operators to connect search terms and quotation marks to search for multi-word phrases, like these examples:

"labor union" and "United States"
"organized labor"
"triangle fire" and strike
"workplace safety" and union

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