Labor movement
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BMC-RG-13D
Scope and Contents
The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry collection contains materials both generated by the Bryn Mawr Summer School, by other workers' schools, and material about the Bryn Mawr Summer School. Of the thirteen boxes in the collection, records in boxes 1 through 6 derive directly from the Bryn Mawr Summer School. Boxes 1, 2, and 3 contain financial records, promotional materials, articles, speeches, memorabilia, materials on organization and policy, and some information about...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921 - 1984
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
International Labour Organisation Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-International Labour Organisation
Scope and Contents
Includes printed material and a lantern slide show
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1919-1941, 1998
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Philadelphia Workers’ Organizing Committee publications
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-022
Abstract
Five publications by the Philadelphia Workers' Organizing Committee, The Philadelphia Workers’ Organizing Committee (PWOC) was a local anti-revisionist and anti-dogmatist New Communist group founded in 1971 by Marxist-Leninists. The publications deal with party building, political action, trade unions, and Black liberation.
Dates:
1975-1979
Swarthmore Living Wage and Democracy Campaign records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG6-P006
Abstract
The Swarthmore Living Wage and Democracy Campaign (SLW&DC), composed primarily of students with participation of staff and faculty, lobbiyed for a comprehensive living wage on campus and for greater transparency in the College's decision-making. SLW&DC formed in 2000 wound down in 2004 after the Board of Managers passed a proposal that met most of their demands. This collection was assembled by Kae Kalwaic, a staff member in the Education Department at Swarthmore from 1993-2017, who...
Dates:
1970 - 2016
Universal Peace Union Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-038
Abstract
The most colorful and important peace organization to rise from the the Civil War was the Universal Peace Union (UPU). This militant band grew out of reaction against compromising tactics which the American Peace Society adopted during the Civil War.
Dates:
1846-1938; Majority of material found within 1867-1923; Majority of material found within 1938
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
