A short introduction and some quick facts

Eye-witness descriptions and images of living and
working conditions in the 19th and early 20th centuries

A timeline of significant events

Thumbnail sketches of early labor leaders and
the organizations they helped build

Documents and comments by Samuel Gompers and
other labor activists and social reformers

Newspaper coverage of strikes, the eight-hour
movement, and other reform efforts

First person accounts from survivors of the 1909
Cherry Mine disaster and excerpts from the official report

Documents related to the black trade unions and leaders