LABOR IN AMERICA By IBN ALI (Scholastic Inc.) The Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth would be driven by water power. All that the factory owners needed was a dependable supply of labor to tend the machines. …showed first 75 words of 4712 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4712 total…their organizing efforts to include employees of federal, state and local governments as well as other professionals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Fink, Gary M., ed. Biographical Dictionary of American Labor. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. Fink, Gary M., ed. Labor Unions. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977. Kessler-Harris, Alice. Out to Work: A History of America's Wage-Earning Women. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. Morris, Richard B., ed. A History of the American Worker. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983.