ENGL 1103: Labor Pamphlets
The first assignment in ENGL 1103: Labor Histories & the Future of Work asked students to practice using the Southern Labor Archives to find examples of labor pamphlets and zines, produced by workers and unions in their efforts to organize their peers and colleagues, raise awareness about their laboring conditions, and reform their industries and workplaces. Some of these publications were more mainstream and some were radical; some were internal, while some were aimed toward the general public; some were handmade or created using DIY methods and small print runs where others were digital, existing exclusively online, or produced and distributed on a larger scale.
Drawing on these historical texts with an interest in connecting them to contemporary labor issues and struggles, students each produced their own labor pamphlets, relevant to today’s labor concerns.
Here are just a few of their pamphlets:
Dr. Shannon Finck • December 29, 2023