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Tamiment-Wagner: Labor Unions and Organizations (U.S.)

Collected by: New York University

Archived since: Oct, 2015

Description:

Contains periodically archived websites of New York City metropolitan area Labor Unions, especially those whose records are held by the Tamiment Library's Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives (designated by the New York City Central Labor Council as the official repository for their member unions' records). Also contains websites of selected national labor unions; websites of labor movement related organizations, e.g. organizations that support the goals/activity of organized labor and social and economic justice for working people; and websites that promote democracy within labor unions. For technical, privacy and other reasons, archived websites may not be exact copies of the original website at the time of the web crawl.

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Title: Labor and Working Class History Association

URL: http://lawcha.nfshost.com/wordpress/

Description: The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is an organization of historians, labor educations, and working class activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and working class history through research, writing, and organizing. The organization also promotes labor and working class history put into history and social studies curricula in public schools, colleges, and universities. LAWCHA gives grants and prizes to graduate students. The LAWCHA also publishes the journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.

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Subject:   Labor and Working-Class History Association. Labor--America--History. Labor movement--America--History. Labor unions--America--History. Working class--United States--History. Labor--United States--History. Labor movement--United States--History. Labor unions--United States--History.

Title: Labor and Working Class History Association

URL: http://lawcha.org/wordpress/

Description: The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is an organization of historians, labor educations, and working class activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and working class history through research, writing, and organizing. The organization also promotes labor and working class history put into history and social studies curricula in public schools, colleges, and universities. LAWCHA gives grants and prizes to graduate students. The LAWCHA also publishes the journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.

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Subject:   Labor and Working-Class History Association. Labor--America--History. Labor movement--America--History. Labor unions--America--History. Working class--United States--History. Labor--United States--History. Labor movement--United States--History. Labor unions--United States--History.

Title: Manumit School (1924-1957)

URL: http://manumitschool.com/

Description: The Manumit School was an “experimental boarding school in Pawling NY. Founded on purchased farm land in 1924 by William and Helen Fincke, it was formally call the Manumit School for Workers’ Children. An early promotional flyer for the school asked parents if they’d like their children to grow up “to become men and women who can think for themselves, stand on their own two feet and fight injustice and oppression. “ It’s teachings were meant to provide a “progressive “ “workers education” slant during a time of increasing socialist optimism in America. In 1944 the school moved to Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The school closed in 1957. This website is an informational website.

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Subject:   Manumit School. Working class--Education--New York (State) Progressive education--New York (State) Fincke, Helen. Fincke, William.

Title: New York Labor History Association

URL: http://newyorklaborhistory.org/

Description: New York Labor History Association (NYLHA) was founded in 1976 by trade unionists, academics, students, archivists, educators, labor editors, attorneys, and retirees, mostly from New York State. NYLHA encourages the study of workers and their organizations and serves as a bridge between past and present labor unionists and academics. The website includes news and event listings, labor history resources, and prize winners.

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Subject:   Labor--New York (State)--History--Societies, etc.

Title: New York Labor History Association

URL: http://newyorklaborhistory.org/web/

Description: New York Labor History Association (NYLHA) was founded in 1976 by trade unionists, academics, students, archivists, educators, labor editors, attorneys, and retirees, mostly from New York State. NYLHA encourages the study of workers and their organizations and serves as a bridge between past and present labor unionists and academics. The website includes news and event listings, labor history resources, and prize winners.

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Subject:   Labor--New York (State)--History--Societies, etc.

Title: Albert Shanker Institute

URL: http://shankerblog.org/

Description: The Albert Shanker Institute is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing democratic ideals, improving the quality of public education, and conducting research in the labor movement and the sociology of work. The foundation sponsors research, holds roundtable discussions, and publishes various reports. The Institute was named for Albert Shanker (1928-1997), the late president of the American Federation of Teachers.

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Subject:   Albert Shanker Institute. Shanker, Albert.. Labor unions--United States. Education--United States. Democracy--United States.

Title: Bread and Roses Cultural Project

URL: http://www.bread-and-roses.com/

Description: Bread and Roses, part of the 1199SEIU, was founded in 1979, as a cultural resource for union members and students in New York City who would otherwise have little access to the arts. Bread and Roses established the only permanent union exhibition space in the nation, Gallery 1199, at the union’s New York City headquarters. Bread and Roses appears to be defunct as of 2009.

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Subject:   Labor in art. Service Employees International Union. Local 1199 (New York, N.Y.) African American labor union members. Hispanic American labor union members.

Title: Bread and Roses Cultural Project

URL: http://www.breadandroses.org/

Description: Bread and Roses, part of the 1199SEIU, was founded in 1979, as a cultural resource for union members and students in New York City who would otherwise have little access to the arts. Bread and Roses established the only permanent union exhibition space in the nation, Gallery 1199, at the union’s New York City headquarters. Bread and Roses appears to be defunct as of 2009.

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Subject:   Labor in art. Service Employees International Union. Local 1199 (New York, N.Y.) African American labor union members. Hispanic American labor union members.

Title: New York Labor History Association

URL: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/nylha/

Description: New York Labor History Association (NYLHA) was founded in 1976 by trade unionists, academics, students, archivists, educators, labor editors, attorneys, and retirees, mostly from New York State. NYLHA encourages the study of workers and their organizations and serves as a bridge between past and present labor unionists and academics. The website includes news and event listings, labor history resources, and prize winners.

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Subject:   Labor--New York (State)--History--Societies, etc.

Title: Labor and Working Class History Association

URL: http://www.lawcha.org/index.php

Description: The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is an organization of historians, labor educations, and working class activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and working class history through research, writing, and organizing. The organization also promotes labor and working class history put into history and social studies curricula in public schools, colleges, and universities. LAWCHA gives grants and prizes to graduate students. The LAWCHA also publishes the journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.

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Subject:   Labor and Working-Class History Association. Labor--America--History. Labor movement--America--History. Labor unions--America--History. Working class--United States--History. Labor--United States--History. Labor movement--United States--History. Labor unions--United States--History.

Title: Labor and Working Class History Association

URL: http://www.lawcha.org/wordpress/home

Description: The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is an organization of historians, labor educations, and working class activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and working class history through research, writing, and organizing. The organization also promotes labor and working class history put into history and social studies curricula in public schools, colleges, and universities. LAWCHA gives grants and prizes to graduate students. The LAWCHA also publishes the journal, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.

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Subject:   Labor and Working-Class History Association. Labor--America--History. Labor movement--America--History. Labor unions--America--History. Working class--United States--History. Labor--United States--History. Labor movement--United States--History. Labor unions--United States--History.

Title: Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW) Local 2110

URL: http://www.makingabetternyu.org/gsocuaw/

Description: The Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW Local 2110) is the union for graduate employees at New York University (NYU) and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. This includes teaching assistants, research assistants, and graduate assistants. The Polytechnic Institute organizes science and engineering graduate students. The union was established in 1998 and negotiated their first contract with NYU in 2002. In 2004, the National Labor Relations Board reversed the Brown University decision, declaring private universities are not required to bargain with graduate employees and leading to NYU not negotiating a new contract. Over the next years, GSOC continued the fight for recognition at NYU, and currently gathering signatures to get NYU to negotiate a contract restoring healthcare benefits. The website contains information about the union and its Polytechnic Institute affiliate (SET-UAW), campaigns, news, and event listings.

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Subject:   New York University. Strikes and lockouts--Graduate teaching assistants--New York (State)--New York. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.

Title: Manumit School (1924-1957)

URL: http://www.manumitschool.com/

Description: The Manumit School was an “experimental boarding school in Pawling NY. Founded on purchased farm land in 1924 by William and Helen Fincke, it was formally call the Manumit School for Workers’ Children. An early promotional flyer for the school asked parents if they’d like their children to grow up “to become men and women who can think for themselves, stand on their own two feet and fight injustice and oppression. “ It’s teachings were meant to provide a “progressive “ “workers education” slant during a time of increasing socialist optimism in America. In 1944 the school moved to Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The school closed in 1957. This website is an informational website.

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Subject:   Manumit School. Working class--Education--New York (State) Progressive education--New York (State) Fincke, Helen. Fincke, William.

Title: Albert Shanker Institute

URL: http://www.shankerblog.org/

Description: The Albert Shanker Institute is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing democratic ideals, improving the quality of public education, and conducting research in the labor movement and the sociology of work. The foundation sponsors research, holds roundtable discussions, and publishes various reports. The Institute was named for Albert Shanker (1928-1997), the late president of the American Federation of Teachers.

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Subject:   Albert Shanker Institute. Shanker, Albert.. Labor unions--United States. Education--United States. Democracy--United States.

Title: Albert Shanker Institute

URL: http://www.shankerinstitute.org/

Description: The Albert Shanker Institute is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing democratic ideals, improving the quality of public education, and conducting research in the labor movement and the sociology of work. The foundation sponsors research, holds roundtable discussions, and publishes various reports. The Institute was named for Albert Shanker (1928-1997), the late president of the American Federation of Teachers.

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Subject:   Albert Shanker Institute. Shanker, Albert.. Labor unions--United States. Education--United States. Democracy--United States.

Title: Albert Shanker Institute

URL: http://www.shankerinstitute.org/homepage.html

Description: The Albert Shanker Institute is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing democratic ideals, improving the quality of public education, and conducting research in the labor movement and the sociology of work. The foundation sponsors research, holds roundtable discussions, and publishes various reports. The Institute was named for Albert Shanker (1928-1997), the late president of the American Federation of Teachers.

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Subject:   Albert Shanker Institute. Shanker, Albert.. Labor unions--United States. Education--United States. Democracy--United States.

Title: Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW) Local 2110

URL: https://makingabetternyu.org/

Description: The Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC-UAW Local 2110) is the union for graduate employees at New York University (NYU) and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. This includes teaching assistants, research assistants, and graduate assistants. The Polytechnic Institute organizes science and engineering graduate students. The union was established in 1998 and negotiated their first contract with NYU in 2002. In 2004, the National Labor Relations Board reversed the Brown University decision, declaring private universities are not required to bargain with graduate employees and leading to NYU not negotiating a new contract. Over the next years, GSOC continued the fight for recognition at NYU, and currently gathering signatures to get NYU to negotiate a contract restoring healthcare benefits. The website contains information about the union and its Polytechnic Institute affiliate (SET-UAW), campaigns, news, and event listings.

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Subject:   Strikes and lockouts--Graduate teaching assistants--New York (State)--New York. New York University. International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO).

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