Labor History
Pete Seeger, A Voice for Social Justice (1919-2014)
LAWCHA remembers legendary folk singer and activist, Pete Seeger, who passed away on January 27, 2014. Seeger captivated multiple generations of activists through
OpEd
Lane Windham, “Why Alt-Labor Groups Are Making Employers Mighty Nervous”
A growing minimum wage movement indicates that despite low union membership statistics, labor’s future isn’t as dire as some in the business world
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LAWCHA at the OAH, Atlanta 2014
LAWCHA has two main events at this year’s OAH. We encourage all LAWCHA members to attend the public Friday night activist plenary organized
OpEd
Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Are Home Health Care Workers About to Get Screwed by the Supreme Court?”
Harris v. Quinn could take away their collective bargaining rights. That would be a loss for not only these workers, but our nation’s
Events (Old)
Work: The Politics of Laboring in American History, Graduate Student Conference (Michigan)
May 9-10, 2014. This conference will consider the myriad forms of work throughout American history, in order to engage scholarship in a wide
Activism
Labor History
Donations Needed to Restore the Mother Jones Monument
I often hear from trade unionists who stop at Mother Jones’ gravesite and monument in Mount Olive, Ill., (just off Highway 55, about
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People
Former LAWCHA President Mike Honey publishes Sharecropper’s Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition
Descended from African American slaves, Native Americans, and white slaveowners, John Handcox was born at one of the hardest times and places to