The history of Unions

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

Brothers and sisters,
One of the biggest issues facing us today is the lack of knowledge among ourselves as well as the general public about what unions stand for and what unions do for working men and women.
I am asking for help in compiling resources that can be used to help get accurate information out to the public and ourselves.
Can you help? I'd like to ask you to post links here so we can all refer to them and arm ourselves with knowledge.
Thanks,
Dyedinthewoolliberal
SEIU Local 925

[Omaha Steve]

1. A Short History of American Labor

http://509seiu.com/aflciohistory.htm

Better late than never. :-)

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

3. Thanks!

:)

[davsand]

2. An Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History

http://www.lutins.org/labor.html

An excellent place to start.

Here is a link to a Debs archive.

http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/

I know that Debs is not everyone's cup of tea, but it is tough to not be moved by his prose. I re-read his speeches sometimes just to get re-charged He represents a huge chunk of significant Labor events. I highly suggest a trip to Terre Haute, Indiana where they hold the Debs foundation annual dinner.

http://www.eugenevdebs.com/

Don't forget Mother Jones. SHE was an *organizer* that still carries a huge impact. They called her the The "Miners' Angel" Here's a nice article from the magazine named for her:

http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2001/05/motherjones_gorn.html

They have begun an annual event in Mt Olive Illinois (where she is buried.) The second annual one is coming very soon--June 23-25. Go here for info:

http://www.motherjonesfestival.us/



A Stax article about Labor films:

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/057/057718p1.html


A DU bookmark for a thread on here about Labor movies:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1031958

And, of course, a web place I've been plugging in my sig line for a while now:

http://www.jwj.org/


Happy reading!


Laura

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

4. Wow!

Thanks,
:)