Booklet

This Union Cause, an Illustrated History of Labor Unions in America

Booklet. 30 page, staple-bound booklet entitled, "This Union Cause, an Illustrated History of Labor Unions in America," published by the United Auto Workers Education Department. Using a series of 25 black and white images of oil paintings done by John Gelsavage, the book discusses the history of labor in the United States, beginning with indentured servants, slavery, and conditions in Pennsylvania coal mines, through the rise of the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, Lake Seamen's Union, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, UAW, and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions as well as figures like Mother Jones, and Senator Robert M. LaFollette.