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Teaching About Labor Unions

Books Available in our Library

The ABC of Parliamentary Law
by Claessens, August

Child labor in America - A teachers manual:
Cobblestone-the history of labor.

Dignity in the workplace: a student's guide to labor unions
by Merz, Harold E.

High school labor studies
UAW, in cooperation with the AFL-CIO, Work Education Councils, School Boards and Teacher-Education Organizations

How Schools Are Teaching About Labor: A Collection of Guidelines & Lesson Plans
by AFL-CIO

Industrial and labor relations terms: a glossary for students and teachers.
by Doherty, Robert Emmett

The labor connection
St. Paul public schools, independent school district

Labor History for Public Schools
by AFL-CIO Iowa Federation of Labor

Labor in the Schools: How to Do It!.
by AFL-CIO

Labor Studies in Our Schools?
by Peter Rachleff

Labor Works: Union "Stuff" You Should Know
by St. Paul Public Schools

Organized Labor : Source materials for the study of labor in America
by United Federation of Teachers

The Story of Labor in American History: A Resource Unit for Senior High School American History.
by Matlon, John C.


Videos Available in our Library

A Day of conscience: End child labor / University of Minnesota, Labor Education Service.
Series Minnesota at Work

Labor in the schools/ University of Minnesota, Labor Education Service.
Series Minnesota at Work

Mouseland: Fable tales

Zoned for slavery: The child behind the label / University of Minnesota, Labor Education Service.
Series Minnesota at Work

Straight facts: Communications Workers of Canada teaching the facts about labor in the schools.


Web Sites of Interest

Labor In The Schools Committee: California Federation of Teachers
Devises strategies that CFT locals and union members can use to make the study of the labor movement a part of the curricula of California schools and colleges.
http://www.cft.org/comm-n/labsch/

Made in the USA Coalition
http://www.usamade.org

School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.
Selected Bibliography for Juvenile, Primary & Secondary Sources
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/biblio.html