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Featured Blogs
- by Michael Laslett, David Brundage, Tobias Higbie
- December 12, 2025
Labor historian John Laslett died on March 23rd, 2025 at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his scholarly engagement with the history of radicalism, immigration, and Los Angeles community and labor history. He was part of a scholarly cohort who created and expanded the field of labor.
Labor: Studies in Working Class History
The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 1, 2023
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Labor History and Military History: A Forum
- by Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja
- November 22, 2025
Labor 2025 Big Book Forum: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery
- by Joseph Rathke
- November 14, 2025
Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania
- November 4, 2025
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- October 5, 2025
Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist
- June 26, 2025
Labor: Studies in Working Class History
Labor History and Military History: A Forum
- November 22, 2025
The Specter of War in Labor History
- October 20, 2025
About
LaborOnline features perspectives on a host of issues, contemporary and historical.
Contribute content
To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu). For the public history series, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered, contact Alex Lichtenstein, lichtens@indiana.edu
Editorial Team for Labor Online
- John Enyeart, Bucknell University
- Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University
- Chad Pearson, University of Texas
- Ian Rocksborough-Smith, University of Fraser Valley
- Randi Storch, SUNY-Cortland
- Laisions: Alexander Dunphy, Emily LaBarbera Twarog, Michael Hillard
Film & video
The Moving Past: Seeing Labor History in Archival Films
- January 30, 2025
Sherwood: The Crimes of Thatcher’s War
- January 12, 2023
Rails, Jails and Trolleys
- November 28, 2022
Authors new book interviews
Naomi R Williams on their new book, A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity
- December 10, 2025
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- October 5, 2025
David Roediger on his new book, An Ordinary White
- September 28, 2025
Brian Kwoba on his new book, Hubert Harrison
- August 30, 2025
Book symposia
Nate Holdren responds: Roundtable on Injury Impoverished
- August 14, 2020
Goldfield Roundtable: The Author Replies to Critics
- July 17, 2020
In Memoriam
John Laslett: A Scholarly Remembrance
- December 12, 2025
Remembering Kent Wong, champion of worker rights and education
- October 14, 2025
Nancy Felice Gabin, 1954-2024
- July 5, 2024
Stephen Meyer (1942 – 2020)
- May 14, 2023
LaborOnline features commentary on a host of issues, contemporary and historical. To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu).
For information about our prize-winning journal or to contribute, visit LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History.
