Labor Archives

🚨 Calling all labor archives! 🚨 We're launching a YouTube channel to showcase labor history collections & the amazing staff behind them. 🎥 Want to feature your archive? Submit a video by June 1, 2025! Email: laborarchives.saa@gmail.com #LaborHistory #Archives #SAA

@LaborArchivists 7/22 Panel: The SF '68 State Strike & The Relevance For Today laborfest.net/2025/event/the… 22 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT San Francisco State University Library room 121

AFSCME turns horror story into happy ending! Flyer, @AFSCME @AFSCME8 @LaborArchivists

Impassioned letter from Local 2545's Paula Harris, founder of the @AFSCME Choir, seeking support. "This choir could go places, I'm going to see that it does...." Dec 26, 1979. The choir's picture appeared in the Feb 1980 issue of Public Employee. @afscmecouncil13 @LaborArchivists

"Agitate Educate Organize" 🪧 So excited @archivists_org selected Chicago to host #SAA24, a city with a proud union history, documented in the @UAW's archives at the @ReutherLibrary. #SAA2024

@LaborArchivists Slave Labor & Free Labor In The Golden State With Author & ProfessorJean Pfealzer At Angel Island youtu.be/h0Sd7tvQ2q8

On the blog-- Chad Pearson's review of the terrific book on Contingent Faculty available from @IllinoisPress lawcha.org/2024/07/23/cha…

This new essay on Teaching Labor History using keyword searches in the (translated) Chicago Foreign Language Press archive is just in time for Fall classes. Great contribution from @LiatSpiro (includes actual assignment and examples) lawcha.org/2024/08/06/tea…

The "We Are One - Honoring Immigrant Garment Workers" exhibit by Rachel Bernstein and May Ying Chen closes August 24th. Visiting hours are 1-4 PM Wednesday-Saturday, or by appointment. Contact (973) 595-7953 or email labormuseem@gmail.com to schedule.

Happy birthday Frank J. Weber!

"Faces From An American Dream" by photographer Martin Desht will open September 1st. This exhibit depicts how de-industrialization re-defined the American industrial city and what it meant for skilled and unskilled workers who are in search of the American Dream.

A woman who changed America, then taught ILR School students about social justice, will be honored 8/17 when her statue is unveiled in Ithaca news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0… @KheelCenter

To view more recently digitized films from the @AFLCIO Labor Institute of Public Affairs (1982-1989), please see our playlist on YouTube! #UnionYes youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Labor Research and Action Network New Scholars Research Grants Call for Proposals (2024-25) #UnionYes #LaborResearch @jwjnational lranetwork.org/news/labor-res…

Upcoming Application Deadline: 1st November. Carnevali Small Research Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support the direct costs of research that is aimed at a specific publication outcome and/or for pilot projects. More info: ehs.org.uk/award/carneval…

Information below on the 2025 Hagley Prize from the Hagley Museum & Library. Nominations due Nov. 30. networks.h-net.org/group/discussi…

Leading up to the 1984 #Olympics in Los Angeles, a @UAW Local 887 member had the honor of serving as a torchbearer. The individual wore his union pride across his headband while carrying the torch. From the UAW's archives at the @ReutherLibrary.

That's some real @AFSCME spirit! Members in Minnesota show off AFSCME license plate, circa 1980. @AFSCME_65 @AFSCMEMN5

Lots of summer memories & adventures were had at ILGWU's Unity House, an all-inclusive vacation resort created for members to escape & have outdoor fun. Check out these photos for summer games, picnics, campfires, and more. Learn more: ilgwu.ilr.cornell.edu/announcements/… #ArchivesCampfire

The UAW-CIO Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department, established in 1946, authorized and required the formation of local Fair Practices Committees to ensure and promote ethical workplace practices. Learn more in Collection 6046 Section 2. #LaborHistory 📸 6227G