The American Miners’ Association

This study traces the origins of miners’ unions in the United States, particularly the rise of the American Miners’ Association, the first national miners’ union, in the 1860s, as well as that of U.S. organized labor history more generally. It includes data on production, earnings, mine accidents, and the social and living conditions of miners. Its author, Edward A. Wieck, was an Illinois coal miner and member of the United Mine Workers before being appointed by the Russell Sage Foundation to investigate developments affecting trade unions under the National Recovery Administration. With an introduction by Mary van Kleeck.

Edward A. Wieck was research associate in the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.