I Am A Man: Dr. King & the Memphis Sanitation Strike

Mini-Lesson on Labor Unions

what is different today, except a lot of workers accept conditions

Labor Before Unions

several years old

The Rise of Labor Unions

Women in Industry (1948)

The Homestead Steel Strike of 1892

The Men Who Built America | Part2 | Bloody Battles homestead

Labor History Part I.wmv

this is part of mineworker history and is quite horrible work conditions

Universal Newsreel Vol. 32 Release 57-64: Steel Strike (1959)

Colorado Experience: Ludlow Massacre

The Mine Wars . American Experience . WGBH | PBS

The Mine Wars . American Experience . WGBH | PBS:



click link and full vid at site



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The Mine Wars

Go inside the coal miners' bitter battle for dignity at the dawn of the 20th century with The Mine Wars. The struggle over the material that fueled America led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a bloody war zone. 

note--very excellent doc

The Mine Wars Preview

daddy what did you do in the strike

Strikes Threaten Industry, UAW Henry Kaiser Agreement 1946/01/07

Taylorism on ABC World Report

AFL vs. CIO split in 1935

Mother Jones- 'The Most Dangerous Woman in America'

Rosie the Riveters of World War II

U1TV - Deadline for Action - - 1946

---- once upon a time in America, labor was not so cozy with government or big business alas, some of the media was worried about justice and not so much ad revenue.

Fault Lines - The Decline of Labor Unions in the US

from 2011 and things not changed too much for better this year.