''Labor's Heritage'' was a

journal A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

which published articles regarding the

history of the labor movement in the United States The nature and power of organized labor in the United States is the outcome of historical tensions among counter-acting forces involving workplace rights, wages, working hours, political expression, labor laws, and other working conditions. Org ...

. The journal published articles which are scholarly in quality but written for more of a mass audience. Articles cover

labor history Labor history is a sub-discipline of social history which specializes on the history of the working classes and the labor movement. Labor historians may concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and other factors besides class ...

, labor education, labor culture, interviews with current and former labor leaders and activists, the contemporary American

labor movement The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...

, and news and information about the

National Labor College The National Labor College was a college for union members and their families, union leaders and union staff in Silver Spring, Maryland. Established as a training center by the AFL–CIO in 1969 to strengthen union member education and organizin ...

. The headquarters of the journal was in

Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially Unincorporated area, unincorporated, it is an edge city with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 ...

. The target audience for the journal was academics, students, workers, and labor movement officials and activists. The editors wanted to achieve historical accuracy, and to produce works that would be useful to specialists and of interest to general readers. Photographs were thought to be important to include to draw in interest of readers, although historic ones could not always be of the highest quality. Stuart Kaufman was the central founder and an editor. The first issue of ''Labor's Heritage'' came out in January 1989.''Labor's Heritage'' 1:1, January 1989 ''Labor's Heritage'' was published quarterly by the George Meany Memorial Archives at the National Labor College until 2004.

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''Labor's Heritage'' Web siteNational Labor College

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{{italic title History magazines published in the United States Quarterly magazines published in the United States English-language magazines Magazines established in 1989 Magazines disestablished in 2004 National Labor College Magazines published in Maryland Defunct magazines published in the United States

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