Labor Studies Center

What Labor Studies Center does

The American Labor Studies Center (ALSC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 100 S. Swan Street, Albany, New York, that creates, collects, and disseminates labor history and labor studies curriculum materials to K-12 teachers nationwide. All ALSC positions, including the Executive Director role held by Paul F. Cole, are voluntary, and the organization operates with approximately five unpaid staff. Its core product is an educational web platform (labor-studies.org) that hosts curriculum resources, lesson plans, teaching guides, primary source documents, films, and classroom simulations such as the Collective Bargaining Simulation for high school students. ALSC also produces and distributes documentary films including 'The Inheritance' and 'If You Don't Come in on Sunday, Don't Come in on Monday,' maintains Labor's Bookstore offering 100+ labor-related titles, and sponsors a $1,000 Gold Medal Prize at the National History Day competition.

The organization's revenue model is donation-based: as a 501(c)(3), it relies on contributions from supporters to advance its educational mission and to fund the restoration of the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York — the home of Kate Mullany, leader of America's first all-female union (Troy Collar Laundry Union, 1864). All curriculum materials and resources are provided free of charge to educators. Distribution occurs through the ALSC website, a partnership with the Share My Lesson platform (which curates ALSC content for preK-12 teachers), educational conferences, workshops, seminars, and exhibits, as well as reciprocal links with allied organizations including the Labor Heritage Foundation, LaborArts, and the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA). No revenue figures are publicly disclosed, no funding rounds have occurred, and the organization has no parent company or institutional investors.

Name

Labor Studies Center

Legal name

American Labor Studies Center

Website

https://labor-studies.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The American Labor Studies Center is a volunteer-staffed 501(c)(3) nonprofit that creates and distributes free labor history curriculum materials, lesson plans, films, and simulations to K-12 teachers nationwide, and restores the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Educational Resources (Labor History)

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Education, Disability Support & Inclusive Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Learning & Training Content Development (EDAGAKAC)

Keywords

• Labor history education
• K-12 curriculum materials
• Educational documentary films
• Historic site preservation
• Teacher professional resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Albany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ALSC relies on donations and contributions from supporters to advance its mission of promoting labor history education and restoring the Kate Mullany National Historic Site

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The American Labor Studies Center (ALSC) creates, collects, and disseminates labor history and labor studies curriculum materials — including lesson plans, primary sources, films, and classroom simulations — to K-12 teachers nationwide free of charge. The organization also restores and operates the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York, and sponsors student awards through the National History Day competition. All ALSC roles, including the executive director, are voluntary, and the organization is funded by donations as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Product overview

The American Labor Studies Center offers a unified portfolio of educational resources focused on labor history and labor studies for K-12 teachers. The core offering consists of curriculum materials, lesson plans, and teaching guides distributed through its website. Supporting products include documentary films (The Inheritance, If You Don't Come in on Sunday), the Collective Bargaining Simulation for high school students, and partnership content through Share My Lesson. The Center also maintains the Kate Mullany National Historic Site and sponsors National History Day competition prizes for labor history projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labor History Educational Resources A collection of curriculum materials, lesson plans, teaching guides, and educational resources on labor history and labor studies for K-12 teachers nationwide. Resources include documents, videos, simulations, and primary sources disseminated through the ALSC website.
• Documentary Films Educational documentary films including 'If You Don't Come in on Sunday, Don't Come in on Monday' and 'The Inheritance' (a dramatic video history of the labor movement from 1900 to the Civil Rights era featuring historic footage and labor songs) for teaching labor history. Available on DVD with running times and review materials for K-12 classrooms.
• Kate Mullany National Historic Site Historic site restoration and preservation project in Troy, New York, honoring the leader of America's first all-female union and the Troy Collar Laundry Union strike of 1864. Maintained by ALSC as part of its mission to preserve labor heritage sites.
• National History Day Competition Prize Sponsorship Sponsorship of a $1,000 Special Gold Medal Prize for the best entry on American labor history and a $250 prize for the best New York State entry in the annual National History Day competition at the University of Maryland at College Park.
• Collective Bargaining Simulation Classroom simulation materials for high school students to learn about organizing unions and collective bargaining, including role-playing exercises and rubrics. Designed for use in U.S. high school social studies classrooms.
• Share My Lesson Partnership Content Curated collection of lesson plans, activities, and resources on labor unions including Worker's Rights, Labor Education, Labor History, and Related Resources for preK-12 students, distributed through the Share My Lesson platform partnership.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Share My LessoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShare My Lesson curates a collection of ALSC lesson plans, activities and resources to help teachers explore the role of labor unions with preK-12 students including Workers' Rights, Labor Education, Labor History and Related Resources
• Kate Mullany National Historic SitecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerALSC is dedicated to restoring the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in Troy, New York, where it is located. The site commemorates the leader of America's first all-female union (Troy Collar Laundry Union 1864)
• National History DaymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerALSC sponsors a Special Gold Medal Prize ($1,000) for the best entry on American labor history at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest held annually at the University of Maryland at College Park
• Labor Heritage FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabor Heritage Foundation provides labor-related books, DVDs, posters, buttons and cultural items; ALSC references their resources and film distribution services
• LaborArtsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaborArts is a virtual museum designed to gather, identify and display examples of the cultural and artistic history of working people; ALSC links to their resources and exhibits
• Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAWCHA maintains Labor History Links - the most comprehensive bibliography of information, documents and links of U.S. labor history sites on the Internet

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA): Academic and educator association that maintains 'Labor History Links,' a comprehensive bibliography of U.S. labor history resources. Directly comparable as a labor history education infrastructure organization serving teachers and researchers.
• Labor Heritage Foundation: Labor-focused cultural nonprofit that produces books, DVDs, posters, and cultural items for the labor movement. Directly comparable as a labor-themed education and cultural resources nonprofit serving the same community as ALSC.
• LaborArts: Virtual museum that curates cultural and artistic history of working people. Directly comparable as a labor-themed cultural and educational resource hub linking to and amplifying labor history content.

Broad incumbents

• Economic Policy Institute (EPI): Large economic policy think tank producing labor economics research and education content (cited by ALSC). Comparable as a labor-themed content producer serving educators and policymakers with broader analytical scope.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): National teachers' union producing extensive labor and education resources. Comparable as a producer of union-focused K-12 educational content with much larger scale and institutional reach than ALSC.

Emerging players

• Workers Lab: Labor innovation nonprofit supporting worker organizing and economic power. Comparable as a labor-focused nonprofit producing educational content (referenced by ALSC) and serving the same donor ecosystem.
• Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU: University-based labor archive that preserves labor history materials and supports educational use. Comparable as a labor history resource provider serving educators, with overlapping primary-source content mission.
• Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives (Cornell): Major labor history archive at Cornell providing primary sources and educator resources. Comparable as a labor history education resource with significant content overlap with ALSC's curriculum mission.

Others

• Share My Lesson: Free educator resource platform hosted by AFT, distributing ALSC's labor-themed lesson plans alongside broader K-12 content. Not a direct competitor but a critical distribution and ecosystem partner for ALSC.
• National History Day: Annual student history competition in which ALSC sponsors a labor-history special prize. Not a peer in services, but a key ecosystem partner providing student-level engagement channels for ALSC's content.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutu.be/xxvvrjploBs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labor-studies-center

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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