The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - This site is a fine collection of assorted material concerning the 1911 disaster. Published by the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation at Cornell University, the site provides students with primary and secondary resource material regarding the fire, as well as editorial cartoons regarding the ILGWU and organized labor. Three audio interviews with survivors of the fire are also included.

Trade Unions – From Spartacus Online Encyclopedia, this website provides historical summaries and primary source material detailing the leading individuals in the growth of the American labor movement. The major labor organizations are covered, as are the crucial events of the labor movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Child Labor in America 1908-1912 – For a powerful look at Lewis Hine’s photographs of child labor from the early 1900s, students can visit this website from The History Place. The photos are grouped by topic with their original captions, and students will be able to make connections with Hine’s young subjects.

Interested students can investigate modern labor unions by visiting the websites of major labor organizations. The AFL-CIO, United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers of America, and United Farm Workers all have comprehensive websites dealing with current issues and topics. The Culture and History section of the AFL-CIO website has art, music, and a photographic timeline of the union’s history. The history section of the United Steel Workers site links that union to the days of Andrew Carnegie.