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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. 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.


Public sponsorship

WLHS sponsors the "Struggle for Justice" photo exhibit about farm workers' organizing in the 1960s in Wisconsin. 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. WLHS co-sponsors the
Wisconsin Workers Memorial The Wisconsin Workers Memorial is a public artwork by American artists Terese Agnew and Mary Zebell located in Zeidler Park, which is in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The artwork, created in 1995, takes the whole park as its theme ...
located in Zeidler Union Square Park in Milwaukee.


Publications

* Quarterly printed newsletter reports on events in labor history and WLHS activities * Monthly online newsletter * Books, curricula, videos and other materials on labor history


Conferences

WHLS sponsors an annual conference to highlight significant events in Wisconsin labor history. 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.


Grants, awards

WLHS promotes labor studies in colleges and universities: * Daitsman Awards: special grants for labor history projects * Zeidler Academic Award: annual award to graduate and undergraduate college students for original research into Wisconsin labor and working-class history WLHS promotes labor studies in high and middle schools, including:* Labor History Essay Contest: Offers cash awards to Wisconsin high school students * National History Day Contest: Sponsors awards for labor history projects by Wisconsin middle and high school students


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


See also

* Labor history of the United States * Bay View Massacre *
Wisconsin Workers Memorial The Wisconsin Workers Memorial is a public artwork by American artists Terese Agnew and Mary Zebell located in Zeidler Park, which is in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The artwork, created in 1995, takes the whole park as its theme ...
*
Illinois Labor History Society The Illinois Labor History Society is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1969. It is a voluntary organization composed of academics, unionists, and persons interested in labor history. It was formed "To encourage the preservation an ...
* Labor and Working-Class History Association


References

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External links


Milwaukee 365

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

University of Wisconsin - Madison - School for Workers

Wisconsin State AFL-CIO

Milwaukee Area Labor Council CIO

Wisconsin Laborers

Wisconsin Historical Society
Organizations established in 1980 History organizations based in the United States History of labor relations in the United States Labor studies organizations Working class in the United States