Historical American Labor and Union Newspapers Online

The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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Union membership was about 15% in the 1930s and peaked at about 35% in the 1950s in the U.S. Currently, union membership is about 10%, even though in the past couple of decades, public-sector union membership has increased.

Alaska

• Anchorage Weekly Times and Alaska Labor News (Anchorage, Alaska) 1917-1918

Arkansas

• Hard Labor

Arizona

• Eleven Mile News
• Migrant’s Mike
• News

California

• Bakersfield – California Oil Worker
• East Bay Labor Journal (Oakland, 1933-1974)
• Labor Clarion (San Francisco, 1906-1947)
• Organized Labor (San Francisco, 1900-1988)
• Western Worker 

Colorado

• Colorado Chronicle
• Denver Labor Bulletin
• The Arbitrator
• The Colorado Exchange Journal
• The Denver Exchange Journal
• The Labor Advocate
• The Labor Enquirer
• The Pueblo Courier
• The Pueblo Labor Advocate
• The Victor Record
• Trade and Labor
• United Labor Bulletin

Connecticut

• Hartford Labor (Hartford, Conn.) 1894-189?
• Mechanics’, Operatives’, and Laborers’ Advocate (Norwich, Ct.) 1836-1837
• The Connecticut Labor News (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925
• The Connecticut Labor Press (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921
• The Labor Standard (Hartford, Conn.) 1908-192?
• Hartford CT Labor Standard
• New Haven CT Connecticut Labor Press
• New Haven CT Labor News
• New Haven CT Labor Press
• Norwich CT Mechanics Operatives Laborers Advocate

Florida

• Florida labor advocate
• Polk County labor journal
• union labor news
• West Florida labor news

Georgia

• Savannah, Ga., 1???-19?? – The labor herald

Hawaii

• Labor Review of Hawaii, (Honolulu, HI)
• Voice of Labor, (Honolulu, HI)
• Honolulu Record

Idaho

• Idaho Labor Herald (Boise, Idaho) 1913-1914
• The Gem Worker and the Idaho Labor Herald (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917
• Idaho Forester 

Iowa

• Labor News

Illinois

• Daily Worker 13 January 1924 – 28 February 1935 (3484 issues)
• Labor News Review 
• Svenska socialisten
• American Appeal 
• Communist 
• Communist 
• Industrial Union Bulletin
• Industrial Worker
• Jewish Labor World – אידישע ארבייטער וועלט
• Knights of Labor  
• Labor Unity
• New Majority
• The Communist 
• The daily worker.  
• The workingman’s advocate

Indiana

• Ohio Valley Worker : Official Paper of the Federated Trades Council of Louisville, Trades and Labor Council of New Albany, Central Labor Union of Jeffersonville ([Louisville, Ky.]) 1904-????
• Freedom’s Banner (Marion, Grant County; 25 June 1910 – 6 August 1910)
• Indiana Socialist (Indianapolis, Marion County; 22 March 1913 – 12 July 1913)
• Indiana Socialist Party Bulletin (Indianapolis, Marion County; 1 October 1911 – 1 September 1913)
• Marion Labor Sentinel (Marion, Grant County; 23 April 1914 – 12 November 1914)
• The Marion Socialist (Marion, Grant County; 20 August 1911 – 27 October 1912)

Kansas

• Topeka – Kansas Labor Review

Kentucky

• Ohio Valley Worker : Official Paper of the Federated Trades Council of Louisville, Trades and Labor Council of New Albany, Central Labor Union of Jeffersonville ([Louisville, Ky.]) 1904-????
• Louisville – Ohio valley worker

Massachusetts

• Worker 
• Voice of Industry 

Maryland

• Cumberland MD Voice of Labor

Maine

• The Mechanic, Farmer and Working-Men’s Advocate (Portland: 1831-?)
• The Farmer’s Friend and Laboring-Man’s Advocate (Kennebunk: 1831-?)
• The Socialist Press (Portland: 1902-?)
• The Maine Socialist (Bath: 1904-?)
• The Maine Comrade (Thomaston: 1909?-?)
• Maine Labor Leader (Portland: 1923?-?)
• The Maine State Labor News (Augusta: 1933- )
• The Maine Issue (Portland: 1976-1978)
• The Pine Tree Progressive (Jefferson: 1997?-?)
• Labor Record of Maine (Portland: 1942-1998)
• Maine State Labor News
• Maine Labor Leader

Michigan

• Labor Journal — Alpena, Alpena County (Mich.) — 3 January 1885 – 26 December 1890
• Michigan Labor Journal — Alpena, Alpena County (Mich.) — 14 June 1884 – 27 December 1884
• Labor Journal (1885-1890)
• Michigan Labor Journal (1884)
• Grand Valley Labor News (1968-2011)
• Grand Rapids CIO News
• Grand Valley AFL CIO News
• Grand Valley Labor News
• Work In Progress
• Detroit Sunday Journal
• The Grange Visitor

Minnesota

• Duluth, Minn. – Labor leader
• Duluth, Minn. – The labor world
• Duluth, Minn. – Truth
• Minneapolis, Minn. – Allarm
• Minneapolis, Minn. – Teamsters Joint Council 32
• Minneapolis, Minn. – The Minneapolis labor review
• St. Paul, Minn. – The St. Paul union advocate
• Labor Review 
• Northwest Organizer
• The Organizer

Missouri

• Workers World

Mississippi

• The New Mississippi Socialist (Kilmichael, Miss.) 19??-19??

Montana

• Butte – The Butte Bystander
• Butte – The Labor World

Nebraska

• The Wageworker (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????
• Lincoln – The Wageworker.
• The Western Laborer

New Jersey

• Gloucester County Democrat (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932
• The Voice of Labor (Camden, N.J.) 1910-19??

Nevada

• BMI Newsletters 

North Carolina

• The Charlotte Labor Journal and Dixie Farm News (Charlotte, N.C.)
• The Labor News (Greensboro, N.C.)
• The Union Labor Record (Wilmington, N.C.)

New York

• Radnička Borba = Workers’ Struggle ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907 to 1970 [258]
• The Daily Worker (Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.) 1924 to 1958 [3,483]
• The Toiler (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919 to 1922 [85]
• Workmen’s Advocate (New Haven, Conn.) 1883 to 1891 [268]
• New York NY Labor Action
• E J Workers Magazine
• E.J. Workers Magazine
• E.J. Workers Review
• New York City – Daily Worker 1924-1926
• New York City – Workers Age 1932-1940
• New York City – Workers Challenge 1922

Ohio

• Cincinnati – Labor Advocate – 1915-1917
• Cleveland – Americké Dělnické Listy (American Workingmen’s News) – 1918-1941
• Cleveland – Echo : Wochenblatt der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands – 1911-1920
• Cleveland – Enakopravnost – 1942-1947
• Cleveland – Radnička Borba = Workers’ Struggle – 1941-1946
• Cleveland – Toiler – 1920-1921
• Dayton – Dayton Union News – 1940-1943
• East Liverpool – Potters Herald – 1938-1951
• Hamilton – Butler County Press – 1913-1946
• Newark – Newark Leader – 1917-1942
• Toledo – Toledo Union Journal – 1942-1951
• Youngstown – Bulletin – 1919-1977
• Akron OH Democrat
• Ohio Socialist 

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma – Labor’s Daily (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 1955-19??
• Oklahoma – Labor’s Voice (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 1934-1942
• Oklahoma – Oklahoma Labor (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 1935-1938
• Oklahoma – Oklahoma Labor Unit (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-191?
• Oklahoma – Oklahoma Socialist Bulletin (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr. [Okla.]) 1906-19??
• Oklahoma – Oklahoma State Labor News (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1906-19??
• Oklahoma – The Labor Review (Oklahoma City [Okla.]) 19??-19??
• Oklahoma – The Labor Signal (Oklahoma City, O.T. [Okla.]) 190?-19??
• Oklahoma – The Union Labor Bulletin (Oklahoma City [Okla.]) 1920-19??

Oregon

• Portland , Ore., 1987-current – Northwest labor press.
• Portland, Oregon, 1900-1915 – Portland labor press.
• Portland, Oregon, 1915-1986 – Oregon labor press.
• Northwest Labor Press

Pennsylvania

• Pittsburgh – National Labor Tribune
• Pittsburgh – Printer’s Labor Tribune
• The Labor Record
• Reading labor advocate
• Southern Worker 

Texas

• Carson County, The Groom News (Groom, Carson County, Tex.) 1926-current
• Fort Bend County, The Richmond Democrat (Richmond, Tex.) 1888-????
• Fort Bend County, The South-Texan (Richmond, Tex.) 1892-????
• Fort Bend County, The Texas Coaster (Richmond, Tex.) 1895-19??
• Galveston County, Semi-Weekly Journal (Galveston [Tex.]) 1850-1???
• Guadalupe County, The Seguin Times (Seguin, Tex.) 18??-18??
• Harris County, Daily Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.) 186?-187?
• El Cuhamil

Utah

• Utah Labor News

Virginia

• The Labor Herald (Richmond, Va.) 1885-18??
• Covington Pioneer (Covington, VA, 1981-1982)
• Labor Herald (1924 ed.) (Richmond, VA, 1924-1926)
• Labor Herald (Richmond, VA, 1886)
• Richmond Labor Journal (Richmond, VA, 1921-1924)
• Riverside (Shenandoah Iron Works, VA, 1880)
• Roanoke Labor Journal (Roanoke, VA, 1933-1939)
• Southern Workman (Hampton, VA, 1872-1939)
• Square Deal (Richmond, VA, 1915-1921)

Washington

• Southwest Washington Labor Press (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??
• The Labor Journal (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976
• The Northwest Worker (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917
• The Washington Socialist (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915
• Victory Worker (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943
• Southwest Washington Labor Press (Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, WA — 24 November 1922 – 22 April 1927)
• The Labor Journal (Everett, Snohomish County, WA — 7 January 1909 – 29 December 1922)
• The Northwest Worker (Everett, Snohomish County, WA — 1 July 1915 – 27 September 1917)
• The Washington Socialist (Everett, Snohomish County, WA — 16 April 1914 – 24 June 1915)
• Agitator 
• Puget Sound Chemist 
• Industrial Worker​​

West Virginia

• The Labor Argus (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915
• The Socialist and Labor Star (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915

Wisconsin

• The Unionist
• Wisconsin Labor Advocate 

Wyoming

• The Labor News
• The Laborette
• The Wyoming Labor Journal

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