Resources
This exhibition looks at a history that is perhaps longer than most people realize. Since the organized labor movement began, Virginia workers have seen major improvements in their conditions and pay. Unions were not the only reason for these gains, but they played an essential part as the most direct advocates for workers. The workplace in Virginia today reflects the benefits of more than a century of negotiation and struggle.
VHS lectures online
- Gregg Kimball, Jackie Frost, and Sheryl Warner, "'We Shall Not Be Moved': Virginia Songs of Labor"
Go to lecture - Scott Reynolds Nelson, "Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend"
Go to lecture
Online exhibitions
View over 20 VHS online exhibits
Web sites
• Virginia AFL-CIO
This exhibition was made possible by Geoff McDonald & Associates and the Virginia AFL-CIO. Additional support for the exhibition was provided by Injured Workers Pharmacy, International Association of Machinist & Aerospace Workers, Teamsters Joint Council No. 83, Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel, PLLC, and International Brotherhood of Teamsters.