eLibrary

In addition to our traditional labor law library and labor history archive containing books, files and materials for use at the Center, we are engaged in an ongoing program to preserve and digitize holdings for on line access. This eLibrary of resources is a ‘work in progress’ and it is our hope will be enlarged as time and money permits.

Want to help? You can donate online through the UH Foundation.

Publications

The Aloha Trade book cover.

The Aloha Trade

The Aloha Trade: Hawaii’s Hotel Industry, 1941-1987 by Bernard W. Stern (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, Center for Labor Education & Research, 1989).

A hardcopy of this book can be purchased for $10.

Aupuni i Lā'au book cover.

Aupuni i Lā’au

Aupuni i Lā’au: A History of Hawai’i’s Carpenters Union Local 745 by Edward D. Beechert (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, Center for Labor Education & Research, 1993)

A hardcopy of this book can be purchased for $10.

The Hilo Massacre book cover.

The Hilo Massacre

The Hilo Massacre: Hawaii’s Bloody Monday, August 1st, 1938 (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, Center for Labor Education & Research, 1988).

Honolulu Record Sept. 2, 1948 front page

Honolulu Record

A newspaper published from 1948 through 1958, consisting of ten volumes and 5,056 pages of text; a chronicle of the worker perspective and labor movement in Hawaiʻi. [WIP]

cover of Rutledge Unionism book

Rutledge Unionism

Rutledge Unionism: Labor Relations in the Honolulu Transit Industry by Bernard W. Stern (Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i, Center for Labor Education & Research, 1986).

A hardcopy of this book can be purchased for $10.

CLEAR Guide to Hawaii Labor History

CLEAR Guide to Hawai’i Labor History

PDF downloadable version of CLEAR Guide to Hawaiʻi Labor History by William J. Puette (Kapolei: University of Hawai‘i – West Oʻahu, Center for Labor Education & Research, 2018).

A hardcopy of this book can be purchased for $3.