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
Events (Old)
Events (Old)
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
Call for Proposals
UALE Conference 2015, Local to Global: Working in a Changing World
Deadline: December 19, 2014. The United Association for Labor Education (UALE) invites labor educators, community organizers, organizers based in worker centers, and others committed
Global Affairs Articles
Labor History
LaborOnline
The Days of Action: The Character of Class Struggle in 1990s Ontario
Illustrated by Orion Keresztesi, written by Doug Nesbitt and Sean Carleton, and augmented by an introduction by David Camfield, The Days of Action
Teaching Blog
Growing Apart by Colin Gordon: Great Teaching Resource
Growing Apart is one of the most valuable tools for teaching about labor and inequality that I have seen in recent years. It’s
Opportunity
Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations Dean Opening
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the School of Management and Labor
LAWCHA
People
James Green: Labor Festival Talk, Upcoming Book, and PBS Series
James Green, a past president of LAWCHA, delivered the keynote address at this year’s Mother Jones Festival in Cork, Ireland, a four-day community-organized
Call for Proposals
LAWCHA
Herbert G. Gutman Dissertation Prize, Submissions Due January 3rd, 2015
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce this year’s Herbert Gutman Dissertation Prize, established with the cooperation with