Labor Movement

Here is a great link to give you some history of the vast, fascinating subject that is the United States labor movement.

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Eco_Unionization.htm History of Labor Unions with links

Take a look at the next couple of links. You may read just one of the sections in the following link about worker cooperation in America that interest you.

http://www.red-coral.net/WorkCoops.html#Bloody Worker Cooperation in America read on one time section of interest

http://www.picturehistory.com/find/c/171/p/6/mcms.html photos

Here are links to add interesting, everyday life details for your flash fiction.

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/1920/ At Home: At Home in a Century of Progress? 1920-1950

Sacque Suits clothes for the "common" man

Optional links that you may find of interest.

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/soc/labor-links.html Labor History links

http://www.uwstout.edu/cas/socsci//tyson/laborhis.htm A Short History of American Labor (not really very short, but informative.)

http://www.ufw.org/ UFW and Cesar Chavez

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