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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
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.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Library is looking for people to transcribe the records for the American Federation of Labor and we hope you are interested in getting involved.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
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.
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Mary Harris Jones, otherwise known as Mother Jones was a leader in the history of Labor, here is some of her story.
Posted in: Business, Labor, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The following is a guest post from David Fernández-Barrial, foreign-language librarian at the Library of Congress’ National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and a union steward for the Library of Congress Professional Guild, AFSCME Local 2910. 130 years ago this month, workers on the streets of Chicago may have seen one …
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Triangle Waist Company was owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris and manufactured shirtwaists. Most of the company’s employees were young, immigrant women; and like many manufacturing concerns of the day, working conditions were not ideal and the space was cramped.
Posted in: Business, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Labor
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
The Women’s Bureau was organized in 1920 as an agency within the Department of Labor to represent the needs of working women. As part of its mission, it published many books and pamphlets about women’s issues and the working conditions of women. Since March is Women’s History Month, I thought this would be a good …
Posted in: Business, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Labor, Women's History