Title VII’s Legacy
The latest issue of Labor:Studies of Working Class History of the Americas has an excellent forum (available on the right side of this
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The Supreme Court’s War on Women, Workers, and the 99%
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued two 5-4 decisions. The first, Harris v. Quinn, ruled that home health care workers are partial state employees
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Can Labor and Greens Build Coalitions?
For years, the labor movement has talked of the need to build coalitions with other social movements. During the Trumka presdiency, the AFL-CIO
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LAWCHA Conference 2013: Chicago Teachers Union Panel
June’s LAWCHA conference was my first. I had an excellent time, presented my work on a successful panel about blue-green alliances, and a
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The AFL-CIO and Keystone XL Pipeline
On Tuesday, the AFL-CIO Executive Council approved a Statement on Energy and Jobs that effectively endorsed the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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The End of Cod
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to check out Cape Cod in the winter. It was pretty great, even if cold. On
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Teaching Working-Class Literature in Labor History Courses
Labor Notes conducted an informal survey of labor activists, asking them about their favorite class-conscious novels. The range of works was pretty interesting
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Right to Work a Man to Death
In 1958, an Indianapolis woman named Patricia Bolen wrote a letter to the Indianapolis Star about how Indiana’s right-to-work law affected her husband:
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Labor, Environmentalism, and Climate Change
Driving across western Pennsylvania recently, I was struck by the number of yard signs decrying President Obama’s “War on Coal.” The Appalachian coal