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Wisconsin Labor History Society

Wisconsin Labor History Society

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The Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), founded in 1980, is a non-profit association, based in Milwaukee, to research and inform academics, workers, and general public on the labor history in the US state of Wisconsin.[1] It commemorates the Bay View Tragedy of May 5, 1886, when state militia opened fire and killed eight of 1,500 workers marching during a national strike for an 8-hour work-day.[2]

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Public sponsorship

WLHS sponsors the "Struggle for Justice" photo exhibit about farm workers' organizing in the 1960s in Wisconsin.[1]

WLHS participates in a network of labor history organizations in the US and Canada including Illinois Labor History Society and the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association and holds joint meetings with them.[2][3][4][5]

WLHS co-sponsors the Wisconsin Workers Memorial located in Zeidler Union Square Park in Milwaukee.[1]

Publications

  • Quarterly printed newsletter reports on events in labor history and WLHS activities[6]
  • Monthly online newsletter[7]
  • Books, curricula, videos and other materials on labor history

Conferences

WHLS sponsors an annual conference to highlight significant events in Wisconsin labor history.[1][2][8][9][10]

WLHS co-sponsors an annual Bay View Tragedy commemoration to honor workers killed in 1886 march during a national strike for an eight-hour work-day.[1]

Grants, awards

WLHS promotes labor studies in colleges and universities:

  • Daitsman Awards: special grants for labor history projects[1]
  • Zeidler Academic Award: annual award to graduate and undergraduate college students for original research into Wisconsin labor and working-class history[1][2]

WLHS promotes labor studies in high and middle schools,[11] including:* Labor History Essay Contest: Offers cash awards to Wisconsin high school students[1][2][12]

  • National History Day Contest: Sponsors awards for labor history projects by Wisconsin middle and high school students[1][2]

Archives

WLHS has a strong relationship with the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), which regularly refers labor-related inquiries to WLHS and posts WHLS news and events.[citation needed] WHS also maintains a labor collection.[13]

The WLHS archive includes histories of local labor unions and councils, buttons and badges, photos, and meeting minutes.[2] As of 2018, WLHS acquired a project to map important Wisconsin labor sites.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "What We Do". Wisconsin Labor History Society. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "2019-20 Report of President Steve Cupery". Wisconsin Labor History Society. 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Labor History Organizations". New York Labor History Association. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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    "LHA Hosts Six-Part Labor History Program". Greater New Haven Labor History Association. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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    "Other Labor History Organizations". Labor and Working-Class History Association. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Newsletter, Printed Quarterly Archives". Wisconsin Labor History Society. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Wisconsin Labor History Society News, Online". Wisconsin Labor History Society. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. [8]
    Stromquist, Shelton (1982). "Wisconsin Labor History Society Conference" (PDF). International Labor and Working Class History. 22. Cambridge University Press: 63–64. doi:10.1017/S0147547900007924. S2CID 143028357. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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    Holder, Dan (1987). "Wisconsin Labor History Society". International Labor and Working Class History. 32 (32). Cambridge University Press: 93–95. doi:10.1017/S0147547900004506. JSTOR 27671714. S2CID 145667105.
  10. [10]
    "Wisconsin Labor History Society Conference". Isthmus. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. [11]
    "WI Labor History Society - Student Services". Madison Metropolitan School District. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Labor History Essay Contest". Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  13. [13]
    "About Our Labor Collection". Wisconsin Historical Society. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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