LAWCHA at the 2015 OAH (St. Louis)
April 16-19, 2015. Are you attending the April meeting of the OAH in St. Louis—or living in the area? LAWCHA will have a
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OpEd
James Green, “West Virginia Coal Mine Owners Have Blood on Their Hands”, The Daily Beast, February 5, 2015
The bloody history of mine workers in West Virginia is truly as dark as any dungeon, but the recent indictment of a mine
Call for Proposals
State Historical Society of Iowa 2015/2016 Research Grants (Deadline: April 15)
The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) announces a grant program for the 2015/2016 academic year. SHSI will award up to ten stipends
Labor History
Graphic History Collective Project #10 – Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love
We are excited to share the mini-comic version of Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love, a community based comic book project created by Toronto-based
Events
Fighting Inequality: Class, Race, and Power
May 28-31, 2015. Registration now open! Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Joint Conference of the Labor and Working-Class History Association and the Working-Class Studies
Opportunity
Post-Doc at Penn State’s Center for Global Workers’ Rights
The School of Labor and Employment Relations at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for the position of Post-Doctoral Scholar with the Center
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The American Labor Movement at a Crossroads: New Thinking, New Organizing, New Strategies
January 15, 2015. Washington, DC. After three decades of declining union density in the private sector and years of all-out political assaults on
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LAWCHA
From the Frontlines with New York Labor: What Is Working?
January 2, 4-7pm in New York City, at the Murphy Institute. Please join us for a panel discussion on exciting current organizing strategies
Labor History
Bill Barry, “Workers vs. Undocumented Immigrants: The Politics of Divide & Conquer”
Former labor organizer Bill Barry discusses the tenuous relationship between the working class and undocumented workers, and the forces that keep these groups
Labor History
LAWCHA
Teaching Blog
Launch of LAWCHA’s Teacher/Public Sector Initiative
Today we launch the teachers/public sector toolkit, a set of resources that we hope will contribute to dialog on teacher and public sector