Labor History in NEPA: A CourseMain MenuIntroductionAnthracite Coal MinersThis module will examine the lives and legacies of anthracite coal miners in northeastern Pennsylvania.Textile WorkersThis module will examine the lives and legacies of workers, mostly women, who worked in silk mills, textile and garment manufacturing.TeachersThis module will explore the lives and legacies of teachers in northeastern Pennsylvania.Lori Shemanski33e02d2f7ef884e219611f0eafd74ac3408b6e8e
12018-07-16T02:18:18+00:00Competing Unions27plain2018-07-26T03:58:19+00:00 Several unions were involved in the organizing of miners.
Workingmen's Benevolent Association
Knights of Labor
United Mine Workers
United Anthracite Miners
National Miners Union
AFL
CIO
What were the differences between these unions?
Read this article. (If you are not already logged in to the campus library, you will be asked to log in.) Aurand, Harold W. "Early Mine Workers' Organizations In The Anthracite Region." Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 58, no. 4 (1991): 298-310. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27773483.
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