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Labor

Collected by: University of Maryland

Archived since: Jun, 2015

Description:

This collection represents websites of labor organizations in the United States, including organizations whose records arestewarded by Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland. Our labor collections are comprised of AFL-CIO Department records, trade department records, international union records, union programs, union organizations with allied or affiliate relationships with the AFL-CIO, and personal papers of union leaders. We also have extensive photo documentation of labor union activities from the 1940s to the present in the photographic negative and digital collections. Additionally, collections of graphic images, over 10,000 audio tapes, several hundred films and videotapes, and over 2,000 artifacts are available for research and study. The University of Maryland emphasizes the collecting of archival resources and other collections that document the history of the labor movement in North America and the Washington, DC/Maryland region. These materials help researchers better understand pivotal social movements in this country, including those to gain rights for women, children and minorities.

Subject:   Society & Culture Politics & Elections

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Title: North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU)

URL: http://www.bctd.org/

Description: Archived website of North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), a federation of 14 North American labor unions, founded in 1907 and based in Washington, D.C. ("About Us," https://nabtu.org/about-nabtu/, accessed June 4, 2018; Constitution of the North America's Building Trades Unions, as amended through August 2015). Its stated mission is "to create more work opportunities, achieve living wages, and protect benefit standards, not just for the members of our 14 national and international union affiliates, but for all construction workers." ("About Us"). The NABTU website includes information about its leadership, affiliates, membership, staff, apprenticeship and training programs, field services, policy positions and advocacy, capital strategies, press releases, speeches, video, and blog.

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Subject:   Building Trades Association (U.S.) -- Web archives Labor unions -- Web archives Labor -- United States -- Web archives

Title: Alliance for Retired Americans

URL: https://www.retiredamericans.org/

Description: Archived website of the Alliance for Retired Americans, an advocacy organization founded in 2001 and based in Washington, D.C., whose stated mission is "to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security" ("About Us," https://retiredamericans.org/about/, accessed June 13, 2018). The Alliance for Retired Americans website includes information about its issues, membership, state alliances, publications, news, and social media. The website also hosts a blog and a Spanish-language news and resources page ("en español," https://retiredamericans.org/en-espanol/, accessed June 13, 2018).

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Subject:   Alliance for Retired Americans -- Web archives Labor -- United States -- Web archives

Title: Working America

URL: https://www.workingamerica.org/

Description: Archived website of Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, founded in 2003 to represent non-unionized workers ("About," https://www.workingamerica.org/about, accessed June 13, 2018). The Working America website includes information about its staff, Education Fund, issues, news, publications, membership, and state-level actions. From 2008 to 2015, Working America maintained the blog Main Street at the subdomain http://blog.workingamerica.org/.

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Subject:   AFL-CIO. Working America -- Web archives Labor -- United States -- Web archives

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