Labor history (or
labour history) is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the
labor movement and the
working class. The central concerns of labor historians include the development of
labor unions,
strikes, lockouts and protest movements,
industrial relations, and the progress of working class and
socialist political parties, as well as the social and cultural development of working people. Labor historians may also concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity and other factors besides class.