LRAN Website and Email List Redesign
Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce newly redesigned website and listserve for the Labor Research and Action Network, available at http://lranetwork.org. We
Activism
Labor History
OpEd
Peter Rachleff, “Telling – and considering – ‘Untold Stories'”
April and May 2014 mark the fifteenth year that the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, with the support of labor and
Opportunity
Call for Book Reviews and Review Essays: Culture, Labor and Class
Working USA: The Journal Of Labor And Society, a cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal is calling for book reviews and review essays discussing texts relating
Events (Old)
ASALH Conference on Civil Rights in America, Memphis, TN
September 24-28, 2014, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN. CFP Deadline, May 31, 2014. This year’s theme involves the role of women
Labor History
Bill Williamson: Hobo, Wobbly, Communist, On-to-Ottawa Trekker, Spanish Civil War Veteran, and Photographer, by Kara Sievewright
Extensively researched by Kara, the story grows out of two letters Williamson wrote in the 1980s and two interviews with him recorded by
Events (Old)
Labor Research & Action Network 4th Annual Conference
June 16th and 17th, 2014, at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. Explore the intersection of cutting-edge labor research and innovative
Global Affairs Articles
Labor History
Barry York, “From the Oral History collection: Issy Wyner”
Issy Wyner was born at Paddington, Sydney, in 1916 and grew up in the Rozelle-Balmain area. The interview with him was recorded for
Opportunity
Illinois Labor History Society Executive Director Job Opening
The Illinois Labor History Society is filling a first-time position for an executive director. See the attached job description and please post and
Action Alerts
Hillary Clinton and Walmart Wages Sign-on Letter
A group of activists affiliated with LRAN are collecting signatures on a letter urging Hillary Clinton to use her Walmart ties to help
OpEd
Jennifer Klein, “Women’s fight for better pay is about more than just money”
Taking a cue from movements on the ground and several states, President Obama has taken up the cause of increasing the minimum wage.