Today’s entry is written by Alexsandra Mitchell, an adjunct librarian working in the Tamiment Library and Wagner Labor Archives. Radical thinker, activist, historian, playwright, author, and teacher—these are just a few of the titles given to scholar Howard Zinn. Zinn, who dedicated his life and
Today’s entry is written by Rachel Schimke, an archives assistant at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. On March 2, 1937, United States Steel signed a contract with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC). SWOC, which would become the United Steel Workers
Today’s entry is written by Nicole Greenhouse, an archives assistant at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Part of Tamiment Library’s history as an institution has been the collecting of ephemeral materials generated by trade unions. Much of this material, especially from
Today’s entry is written by Mary Corcoran, an archives assistant at the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Militant. Radical. These are just two of the adjectives attributed to the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in the pages of the Daily Worker. Founded