Labor and the Women’s Movement: The Untold Story and Why It Matters
September 27, 2014. Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) will celebrate the contribution of labor women to the women’s movement at an event on
Events (Old)
Events (Old)
NALHC: The Nature of Work
October 16-18, 2014. While the field of environmental history has provided new horizons within which to situate work and workers, this conference intends
OpEd
Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “A shameful setback for home care worker rights”
On Monday in a 5–4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. Quinn that home care workers paid through Medicaid do
OpEd
Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein on Harris v. Quinn
Harris v. Quinn shows as little respect for history as it does for women’s work. It distorts the status of thousands of homecare
Activism
Help Send Undocumented Student Leaders to Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Conference
LAWCHA member Bethany Moreton asks all who are able to please donate to Freedom University’s effort to send its students to the 50th
Events (Old)
Fighting Against War: Peace Activism in the Twentieth Century
February, 11-13, 2015 (CFP Deadline, July 31), University of Melbourne, Australia. Throughout the twentieth century, labour movement activists have been in the forefront
Labor History
Teaching Blog
Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality
Author Colin Gordon’s book, Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality is an online textbook that uses historical and economic analysis to
LAWCHA
LAWCHA Providing Funding for Regional Grad Student Labor Conferences
At our board meeting in Atlanta, LAWCWA voted to provide up to $250 to help support other regional graduate student-organized and run labor
LAWCHA
LAWCHA 2013 Newsletter
If you are a LAWCHA member, your hard copy of the 2013 Newsletter will arrive in the next few weeks! Until then, you
People
Leon Fink receives Sol Stetin Award for Labor History
Congratulations to Leon Fink who received Sidney Hillman Foundation’s gives 2014 Sol Stetin Award for Labor History.