Links to Related Sites
- Samuel Gompers Papers Project: A Documentary History of Trade and Labor Unions in the US and Canada
- An archive of documents on Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor between 1886 and 1924 and the nation's leading trade unionist and labor spokesman. Hosted by the University of Maryland Department of History.
- Westinghouse Works Home Page
- The Westinghouse Works Collection contains 21 films showing various views of Westinghouse companies from the turn of the century. Films are in QuickTime and MPEG formats (files are quite large -- expect long download times). From the Library of Congress American Memory Collection.
- The Illinois Labor History Society
- Contains articles, resources, links, and lesson plans on US labor history. Sponsored by The Center for Law and Computers at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- The Great Flint Sitdown
- Images and a brief history of the UAW strike at the General Motors Factory in Flint, Michigan, 1936-1937. From the Walter P. Reuther Library, home to the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs and the Douglas Fraser Center for Workplace Issues at Wayne State University.
- Images from the History of the UAW
- Outline of major events in the history of the United Auto Workers.
- Riots Precede "Bloody Thursday"
- Electronic archive of documents on San Francisco's maritime strike of 1934. From the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
- History of Ford
- History of the development and growth of the Ford Motor Company from 1903 to the present.
About the Series | Episodes | Timeline | Your Stories | Thematic Overview | Teacher's GuidePeople's Century | WGBH | PBS Online | Search PBS | Feedback | Shop | ©