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This is your source of information on the activities of the New York Labor History Association, dedicated to making the history of workers, their organizations, and their struggles in New York State a vital and ever-present part of our culture.

Check this site regularly for labor history news, announcements of events, and sources for researching New York State's labor history.

The 2008 Barbara Wertheimer Prize awarded to Yale student Genna Braverman.
Read more about Ms. Braverman's winning essay, with details on how to enter research papers for the 2009 contest.
Twenty-second Annual John Commerford Labor Education Awards honoring Raglan George, Jr. AFSCME, District Council 1707 and Henry J. Foner, Labor Activist, Teacher, Editor
WHEN: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6:00 to 8:30pm.
WHERE: Tamiment Library, 70 Washington Square South, NYU, NYC
Additional information is available here.
Tickets cost $50 each for this event.
The Labor and Labor Movements section of the American Sociological Association grants student papers awards as well. Read more about it here.

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