The Labor Studies Program records document the creation and inner workings of the Labor Studies program at Eastern Michigan University. The Labor Studies Program was approved by the Board of Regents in August of 1973 and was administered by the Economics Department. Labor Studies is an interdisciplinary field dealing with work, workers, workers organizations and rights. It draws from disciplines such as Communications, Economics, History, Industrial Relations, Law, Political Science, and Sociology, as well as other disciplines. The collection is arranged alphabetically and divided into five series. The five series in the collection are: Administrative Files, Correspondence, Financial Records, Programs, and Publications and Press. Records in the collection date from 1973 to 1999.