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LaborOnline

New American Federation of Labor By the People Crowdsourced Transcription Campaign Launched

A new By the People crowdsourced transcription campaign, “American Federation of Labor Records: Letters in the Progressive Era,” launched in late April. By.

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LaborOnline

The Road Not Taken: Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism, 1894-1914

The new issue of the journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History is out, and we are pleased to move Janet K. Weaver’s essay.

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Labor History OpEd

Conor Casey and Evangeline Urcia on We Do the Work: Filipino American activist, poet, writer, and worker Carlos Bulosan

The latest episode of the Labor Archives of Washington’s regular segment on the KSVR radio show We Do the Work is now streaming.

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Labor History

Community Connections: Inreach and Outreach as Archival Advocacy Activities

Advocacy activities articulating the value of archives can be an important component of inreach and outreach activities. Effective advocacy requires that archivists make.

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LAWCHA

Collection Spotlight: Collective Bargaining Agreements Online

The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in Cornell University’s ILR School is pleased to announce the digitization of over 2800 collective.

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Labor History

Collection Spotlight: UAW Local 174 Mural

In 1937, United Auto Workers Local 174 sponsored the creation of a series of murals to enliven their Union Hall and celebrate their.

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Labor History

The ILWU History Project

In the February-March 2016 issue of Labor, under LAWCHA Watch, John W. McKerley and Jennifer Sherer write that multiple generations of labor scholars,.

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Labor History

We Do the Work: An Interview with Conor Casey

The latest episode of the Labor Archives of Washington’s regular segment on the KSVR radio show We Do the Work is now streaming.

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Labor History

National History Day Students Win 2016 Regional Video Contest Employing Labor Archives of Washington Collections and Staff Interviews

Every year the Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections works with National History Day students on their.

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Labor History

AWOC Audio Recordings Now Digitized

The Reuther Library is pleased to announce the digitization of over 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings related to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC)..

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