In the Media

This is a collection of work by LAWCHA members periodically updated. Our members are very active in their local communities, many also in national and international circles. Together, their efforts represent a vital aspect of telling labor’s story, extending from the past to the future.

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News and OpEds

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In 2015, we began keeping track of our member opeds through WordPress, where they can be accessed via the OpEd category archive. Many of the below may be listed below, but no new ones will be added to the list below.

2013-2014

• John McNay, “People’s Veto of a Union-Busting Law Holds Lessons,” Portside, October 9, 2014
• Peter Rachleff, “The present, past, and future of collective bargaining,” The Twin Cities Daily Planet, March 23, 2014
• Lane Windham, “VW workers not first Southern auto workers to face choice on union,” Facing South, February 12, 2014
• Peter Rachleff, The movement that sings for freedom,” The Twin Cities Daily Planet, February 9, 2014
• Lane Windham, “Why Alt-Labor Groups Are Making Employers Mighty Nervous, The American Prospect, January 30, 2014
• Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Are Home Health Care Workers About to Get Screwed by the Supreme Court?,” The American Prospect, January 22, 2013
• Peter Rachleff, “The Mall of America, free speech, and the labor movement,” The Daily Planet, January 12, 2014
• Jessica Wilkerson, “Remembering the Mothers Who Fought for Food Assistance,” Women AdvaNCe, December 15, 2013
• Peter Rachleff, “Hormel to WalMart: Low-wage workers protest, organize,” The Daily Planet, December 4, 2013
• James B. Leonard, “Don’t weaken labor law’s ‘hot goods’ provision,” The Hill, December 3, 2013
• Michael Honey, “Who stole the American dream and how can we get it back?,” The Bellingham Herald, November 13, 2013
• Peter Cole, “Don’t weaken fair labor standards,” The Miami Herald, November 14, 2013
• Lisha Arino, “Lakeshore Museum Center traveling exhibit to focus on Mexican migrant worker program,” MLive, November 12, 2013
• Peter Rachleff, “Struggle against racist sports nicknames gives labor movement opportunity to discover its own history – and find a path forward,” The Daily Planet, November 5, 2013
• Peter Cole, “‘An Irresistible Force’: Longshore unions and the fight for freedom and justice in Palestine,” Briar Patch Magazine, November 1, 2013
• Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Who cares for those who care?,” Oxford University Press Blog, September 25, 2013
• Sarah Rose and Joshua Salzmann, “Our nation of bionic workers,” The Chicago Tribune, September 25, 2013
• Brian Greenberg, “Labor unions to focus on cementing partnerships,” Asbury Park Press September 22, 2013
• Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Revaluing the Labor of Care,” The Washington Spectator, September 19, 2013
• Martin J. Bennett and Fred Glass, “The March on Washington: 1963 and 2013,” The California Progress Report, August 28, 2013
• Anna Lane Windham, “Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night,” The Hill’s Congress Blog, August 27, 2013
• Michael Honey, “Decent Jobs, Housing, and Education: MLK’s Still Elusive Dream,” History News Network, August 21, 2013.
• Cindy Hahamovitch, “The Lessons of Belle Glade,” New York Times, July 18, 2013

2012-2013

• Lisa Levenstein, “Public deserves to be heard on abortion bill,” News and Record (Greensboro, NC), July 12, 2013.
• Martin J. Bennett, “AB 10: Time is Ripe for California to Raise the Minimum Wage,” July 1, 2013.
• Tukufu Zuberi and Peter Cole, “Happy (100th) Birthday, Local 8!” The Huffington Post, May 28, 2013.
• Cindy Hahamovitch, “Protecting Immigrant Farm Workers,” The Miami Herald, March 13, 2013.
• Nelson Lichtenstein, “Obamacare’s Other Benefit,” LA Times, March 12, 2013.
• Lane Windham, “If not unions, then what? Membership in organized labor, a tremendous force for ensuring broad prosperity, is at an 93-year low,” Baltimore Sun, January 28, 2013.
• Peter Cole, “Behind the Longshoremen’s Strike Threat,” The Progressive, December 29, 2012.
• Linda Gordon, “Juicing up the labor movement? Try speaking to women’s issues,” UAW News, December 27, 2012.
• Nelson Lichtenstein, “The right-to-work coup in Michigan,” Reuters: The Great Debate, December 13, 2012.
• Nelson Lichtenstein, “Will Obama Help Unions?,” CNN Opinion, December 13, 2012.
• Nelson Lichtenstein commented in Brad Plummer’s, “Can we have a liberal America without unions? History says no.” on The Washington Post‘s Wonkblog, December 12, 2012.
• Eileen Boris, “Viewpoints: Ghost of Hiram Johnson is looking over Brown’s shoulder,” The Sacramento Bee, September 6, 2012.
• Rachel Seidman, “After Todd Akin comments: Why women – and men – still need feminism,” The Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 2012.
• Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Home Care Workers: Still Waiting for Obama,” New York Times, August 20, 2012.
• Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Home-Care Workers Aren’t Just ‘Companions’,” New York Times, July 1, 2012.
• Colin Gordon, “Union decline and rising inequality in two charts“, Working Economics, June 5, 2012.
• David Roediger, “Race and the Working Class: An Interview with David Roediger,” UE News, Winter 2012, p. 9.
• Lisa Levenstein and Jennifer Mittelstadt, “Food Stamp Fight,” LA Times, February 6, 2012.

• Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Promises Kept? Obama Acts on Home Care,” Dissent Magazine, December 22, 2011.
• Jim Green discussing the Boston Police Strike of 1919 on Radio Boston radio station, including contemporary context and a tour of key sites, March, 2011
• Historians’ Petition in Support of the Employee Free Choice Act
• Judy Ancel, “The Employee Free Choice Act Can Help You Get a Raise,” Kansas City Star, November 5, 2008
• Hugh Baron, “Learning about Labor,” The Nation, December 15, 2008.
• Martin J. Bennett, “Down the Wal-Mart Low Road: What Are the Costs of a Supercenter?,” California Progress Report, September 7, 2009.
• Martin J. Bennett, “Young Workers Need the Employee Free Choice Act,” AFL-CIO Point of View, July 30, 2009.
• Martin J. Bennett, “Why Unions Matter More Than Ever Before,” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, September 1, 2008.
• David Bensman, “Port Trucking on the Low Road,” Demos, July 2009.
• Joe Berry, “A New Majority Faculty: Progress or Profit,” Perspectives on Work, Summer 2009.
• David Brody, “Against Company-dominated Elections: The Need for EFCA,” Dissent, April 1, 2009.
• David Brody, “The Problem of an Employer-Dominated Labor Law”
• David Brody, “Reinforcing Labor’s Right to Organize,” San Diego Union-Tribune, March 1, 2007.
• David Brody, “Unions and the Public Interest,” April 22, 2008.
• David Brody’s Letter to Congress on the Employee Free Choice Act
• Bob Bussel, “Unions Still Needed for Workers’ Protections,” Eugene Register-Guard, April 7, 2009.
• Bob Bussel, “Why EFCA is Good for America”
• Peter Cole, “Don’t let companies intimidate employees who want unions,” Peoria Journal Star, August 30, 2008
• Peter Cole, “The Economic Component of Human Rights.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 11, 2008.
• Jeff Cowie, “For the Long Run: The Employee Free Choice Act,” Common Dreams, April 27, 2006.
• Steve Early, “Is Obama a Savior for Labor?” Multiple Papers through the Progressive Media Project.
• Steve Early, “Unions to Obama: Don’t Abandon Us.” Boston Globe. December 6, 2008.
• Joshua B. Freeman, “Ask About the History of New York’s Working Class,” New York Times City Room Blog, October 21-23.
• Daniel Graff, “Passage of EFCA Would Honor Dignity of Work,” South Bend Tribune, September 3, 2009.
• Daniel Graff, “We Must Support the Right top Work with Free Choice,” October 30, 2008
• Julie Greene, “Stimulus From the Bottom Up,” Baltimore Sun, April 6, 2009.
• Martin Halpern, “Labor Looks for Help in Arkansas.” Arkansas Times. 17 May 2007.
• Martin Halpern, “For Free Choice,” Arkansas Times, April 16, 2009.
• Donna Havarty-Stacke, “Can Obama Change America’s Understanding of Class and Dissent?”, History News Network, January 19, 2009.
• Ann C. Hodges, “Economy: EFCA Would Benefit Virginians,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 26, 2009.
• Michael Honey, “Grass Roots Can Nourish Obama’s Goals, Nation’s Needs,” Tacoma News Tribune, November 6, 2008
• Michael Honey, “Human Rights and the Economy Crisis.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 12, 2008.
• Michael Honey, “King’s Legacy: Defending the Right to Organize”
• Michael Honey, “King’s Unfinished Agenda,” Seattle Post Intelligencer:
• Michael Honey, “Why Do Historians Support the Employee Free Choice Act,” Tacoma News Tribune, March 18, 2009.
• Michael Honey, “Why the Employee Free Choice Act?” Puget Sound Business Journal. March 27, 2009.
• Michael Honey, “Yes: Economy’s Strength Hinges on U.S. Workers,” Tacoma News Tribune August 31, 2008
• Mike Honey’s Letter Announcing the Historians’ Petition in Support of the Employee Free Choice Act
• David Jacobs, “Let’s Steward Unions Back In,” BusinessWeek Debate Room, March 2007.
• William P. Jones, “Free Choice Act Guards Democracy,” Wisconsin State Journal, December 15, 2008.
• William P. Jones, “Obama’s New Deal,” The Nation, November 13, 2008.
• Harvey J. Kaye, “To Be Franklin,” The Guardian (UK), September 3, 2007.
• Harvey J. Kaye, “Americans Should Embrace Their Radical History,” Ourfuture.org. March 9, 2009.
• Harvey J. Kaye, “FDR’s Forgotten Freedoms,” TheDailyBeast.com, September 28, 2009.
• Michael Kazin, “The Sit Down Strikes Returns! Now What?,” The American Prospect, December 11, 2008.
• Robert Korstad and Max Krochmal, “Promoting Unions and Recovery,” Raleigh News & Observer, March 3, 2009.
• Jennifer Klein, “Don’t Cut Our (Public) Health Care,” CNN Commentary, September 15, 2009.
• Nelson Lichtenstein, “New, Improved Unions,” The Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2007.
• Timothy P. Lynch, “Unions Still Needed Today,” Cincinnati Enquirer, September 6, 2009.
• Nancy MacLean, “God’s Work: What Can Faith-Based Activism Do For Labor,” Boston Review 34 (May/June 2009).
• Michael Pierce, “Please Rethink Card Check,” Benton County Daily Record, 10 May 2009.
• Peter Rachleff, “Every Crisis is an Opportunity,” Saint Paul Union Advocate, September 7, 2009.
• Joseph Slater, “Given a Choice, Workers Go Union.” Akron Beacon Journal. 20 April 2007.
• Kerry Taylor, “Charleston Sanitation Workers Fight for Union Recognition,” Labor Notes, July 15, 2009.
• James Wolfinger, “Bill Backs Workers, Unions and Supports Democracy.” Chicago Sun Times. 12 May 2007.
• Robert H. Zieger, “Labor Did It Again,” November 9, 2008
• Robert H. Zieger, “The Right to Organize.” The Gainesville Sun, March 22, 2009.

Cultural Work

• Michael Honey, “Sharecropper’s Troubadour“
  Listen to LAWCHA member and former president Michael K. Honey discuss and sing songs by John Handcox, a Southern Tenant Farmers Union organizer and folk singer. Also, check out his recent book on John Handcox, ‘Sharecropper’s Troubadour’: The Life of Singer, Union Organizer John Handcox (2013).
• David Gilbert and Charles Hughes, The Ballad of Pete Daniel