New Deal Era Labor Art Explored in Collaborative Project
Labor and New Deal Art: the Commemoration of the Little Steel Strike of 1937 is a wonderful resource for labor historians and teachers,
LAWCHA
In Memoriam
Robert Zieger, 1938 – 2013
LAWCHA mourns the loss of one of its founding members, Bob Zieger. Bob was one of LAWCHA’s first ever board members and has
OpEd
Anna Lane Windham, “Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night”
The Beatles first visited Detroit just before Labor Day in 1964, and they gushed with admiration for the Motown sound. Detroit hummed with
OpEd
Martin J. Bennett, “AB 10: Time is Ripe for California to Raise the Minimum Wage”
The New York Times recently characterized the economic recovery that officially began in 2009 as a “golden era for corporate profits.” Indeed, corporate
OpEd
Michael Honey, “Decent Jobs, Housing, and Education: MLK’s Still Elusive Dream”
A quarter of a million people rallied “For Jobs and Freedom” at the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, and
Call for Proposals
CISH Congress Session, Jinan, “Commodifying Home Labor: Domestic Work Over Time” (Deadline: Nov. 30)
ST 28 “Commodifying Home Labor: Domestic Work Over Time” (Specialized theme). Cooking, cleaning, and caring are not naturally the work of women, but
Call for Proposals
Special Issue of ILWCH on Histories of Domestic Labor: Resistance and Organization (Deadline: November 15)
Guest Editors: Eileen Boris and Premilla Nadasen. This special issue of ILWCH will bring together historical research and writing on paid private household
LAWCHA
Rights, Solidarity, Justice YouTube Panels
LAWCHA extends a warm, gracious thanks to Daniel Waingarten and all the folks over at Arete Living Arts for filming select sessions of
Labor History
Teaching Blog
Patrick S. O’Donnell, “Workers, the World of Work & Labor Law: A Basic Bibliography”
Patrick S. O’Donnell of Santa Barbara City College sends us a bibliography of titles related to labor law.
Issues of Labor
Labor 10.2 (Summer, 2013)
In This Issue The Common Verse Kathleen Walker-Anderson, “The House That Dow Built“ LAWCHA Watch Shelton Stromquist and Immanuel Ness, “Rights, Solidarity, and