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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Labor History Society Website

Founded in 1973, the Pennsylvania Labor History Society (PLHS) focuses on documenting and commemorating the history of workingwomen and workingmen and their labor struggles in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PLHS members are volunteers, including steelworkers, coal miners, postal workers, schoolteachers, social workers, factory operators, office workers, textile workers, hotel and motel workers, and students, all of whom share a love of labor history.

The PLHS welcomes anyone interested in the rich history of labor in Pennsylvania to join the PLHS.  We are a very welcoming group who share a common interest the lives of the working people who came before us and the organizations they formed and fought for to make their lives and the lives of their families and neighbors better.  We have two major activities each year—we publish an interesting and highly readable annual publication with great stories about Pennsylvania labor history called the PLHS Journal and we hold a conference every year on an interesting facet of that history.  

To carry on this work, we need new members.  Memberships are available to both individuals and organizations (see the membership page of this website).  Please join and help carry on the work of the PLHS.

Paul F. Clark, PLHS President
Professor, Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State
Member, Penn State Faculty Alliance, Local 668, SEIU

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