This week we commemorate Equal Pay Day, which represents the extra number of days beyond a year that the average woman needs to work to earn the same amount a man earns in one year for equal work, by taking a look at sources that examine the pay gap.
The latest version of Automotive Industry: A Research Guide is now accessible to researchers. While the guide covers information on vehicles, the Library has other relevant resources on automobile industry workers in our This Month in Business History feature.
In the history of the organized labor movement Samuel Gompers who, in 1881, helped to found the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which later became the American Federation of Labor, is a seminal figure.
The digitized papers from the American Federation of Labor contain a telegraph sent by president Samuel Gompers to E.L. Doyle in response to Doyle's telegraphs reporting on the Ludlow Massacre.