Trade union movement during Civil War and emergence of pro-worker newspapers. Boston’s Daily Evening Voice (1864-1867) was only one of these labor newspapers that argued for including former enslaved people in the labor movement. Argued for a movement uniting all laborers, including women, towards justice for working people. Founded by Boston Typographical Union during a printers strike. Argued for eight-hour day, labor schools, and libraries to educate workers. Sympathetic to Boston’s abolitionists and campaigned for Radical Reconstruction. Office at 91 (currently 243) Washington Street.
Women’s Trade Union League, which worked to create alliance between women’s and labor movements, founded during a meeting at Faneuil Hall in 1903.
Boston Daily Evening Voice. Boston, Mass.: Abram Keach, 1864-1867. Request access to this publication through the Healey Library's Library Requests Form.
The Guardian. Boston, Mass.: Guardian Pub. Co., 1901-[1960?]. Request access to this publication through the Boston Public Library's Research Services.