Research Guides
Collections found within the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division.
Labor Unions--Records of the organizations that are the collective bargaining agents of workers. Also includes regional labor councils, which are composed of local union affiliates.
Labor Studies/Labor History Organizations--Records of organization that have in their scope the study of labor culture and history and industrial relations and the lives and conditions of working people.
Employee & Civil Rights Organizations - Records of organizations that advocated equality in the workplace, fought discrimination on the job, or advocated new pro-labor sociopolitical relations but were not labor unions.
Professional Associations - Records of organizations formed by workers in a particular trade or profession but which were not collective bargaining agents.
Government Bodies - Records of government bodies that are related to labor.
Employers - Records and papers from employers.