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This is your source of information on the activities of the New York Labor History Association, dedicated to making the history of workers, their organizations, and their struggles in New York State a vital and ever-present part of our culture.

Check this site regularly for labor history news, announcements of events, and sources for researching New York State's labor history.

The twenty-third Annual John Commerford Labor Education Awards honoring George Altomare, United Federation of Teachers and Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, took place on December 1, 2009, at the Tamiment Library, New York University.
The 2009 Barbara Wertheimer Prize for the best paper by an undergraduate student on a topic in labor or work history was awarded to Brian Sarnacki for his honors thesis at Notre Dame University on “A Not So Golden Olde?: Rethinking the Golden Age of Capitalism through the 1959 St. Louis Newspaper Guild Strike.” His mentor for this paper was Professor Daniel Graff. Read more on how to submit an entry for the 2110 contest.
The Labor and Labor Movements section of the American Sociological Association grants student papers awards as well. For further information contact the Association.
The Labor History Month Calendar will be issued again in 2010. It describes events and exhibits that concern labor history in New York State during May, which is Labor History Month. Send entries to Joe Doyle at joe.doyle54@gmail.com
We will cosponsor a panel on Can Women Be Part of the American Labor Movement? at the Tamiment Library, New York University on March 30, 2010, at 6 PM. The program is part of Women’s History Month. Other sponsors include the Metro New York Labor Communications Council and the Tamiment Library. For further information, contact Jane LaTour at JLatour@dc37.net.