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- by Justin F. Jackson
- October 20, 2025
The new issue of of Labor is now available. The entire Up For Debate forum section of the issue will be available for free until January 26, 2026. The topic of the forum is “The Wages Of War: Debating Military and Labor History.”

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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Remembering Kent Wong, champion of worker rights and education
- by Tobias Higbie
- October 14, 2025
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- by Harvey Schwartz, Robert Cherny
- October 5, 2025
David Roediger on his new book, An Ordinary White
- by Rosemary Feurer, David Roediger
- September 28, 2025
Tom Alter: Campaign for Reinstatement after Firing
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 27, 2025
Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- October 5, 2025
Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist
- June 26, 2025
Ben Fletcher and Local 8: the Mural and the Marker
- June 19, 2025
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The Specter of War in Labor History
- October 20, 2025
Philip Tipperman, Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s
- April 15, 2025
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LaborOnline features perspectives on a host of issues, contemporary and historical.
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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
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
Nick Juravich on his new book, Para Power
- August 21, 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
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
Jane LaTour (1946-2023)
- April 24, 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).
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