The Rise and Fall of Wheeling’s First Labor Newspaper Kate Wietor May 6, 2022 In the early 1900s, the United States was in the midst of the second industrial revolution. People flocked to cities like Wheeling to find employment in the many mines, mills, and factories. This work held the ...
Women in Labor History Is Theme of Symposium Provided August 18, 2019 The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science (WALS) Foundation, through its Reuther-Wheeling Library and Labor History Archive, will offer the third Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium, themed “Women in Labor Hi...
Celebrating Wheeling’s Labor Heritage Christina Fisanick and Sean Duffy August 24, 2018 Heroes come in many forms. Firefighters. Medics. Educators. Mentors. For us, Wheeling labor activist Walter Reuther (1907-1970) and worker-friendly business owner Augustus Pollack (1830-1906), sit near the top ...
