LABOR DAY

Ever wonder about the origins of Labor Day? Wikipedia has a brief explanation, as does How Stuff Works, Holiday Spot, and PBS.org. Surfing the Net with Kids has links to several articles related to labor and American workers. This University of Pittsburgh Press page has a bibliography of related books as well as links to appropriate online sites. Paul Sadowski's Labor Day Page has a lot of links, including many to labor union sites. Some interesting Labor Day related Census Bureau number facts are available on InfoPlease.

Unions have played a big part in the history of labor in the US. Social Studies Help has a page on the History of American Labor Unions. Today in History, August 20, on the Library of Congress American Memories site, has links to union and strike related materials in their collection. The Culture and History page from the AFLCIO site has some unique links to film, art, and music clips related to labor. AFSCME has a comprehensive page of links devoted to Women's Labor History.

Lyrics (and sometimes music and/or sound bites) for numerous Union Songs can be found on Mark Gregory's site, including such standards as Joe Hill and Union Train.

[For Labor Day related materials available at the Elk Grove Village Public Library, take a look at EGVPL Weblog.]