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
Call for Proposals
LAWCHA
Call for Proposals
LERA 67th Annual Meeting, May 28-31, 2015, Pittsburgh, PA
The LERA Program Committee has issued a call for session and paper proposals for stimulating, creative, and controversial symposia related to this theme
Labor History
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum Open House, November 8, 12pm-4pm
A year ago, community leaders, citizen archaeologists, historians, labor leaders and other volunteers who care about the history in our hills came together
OpEd
John McNay, “People’s Veto of a Union-Busting Law Holds Lessons,” Portside
The people’s veto of SB 5 was a triumph of organization, and of labor’s ability to tell its story to ordinary people. I
Opportunity
Career Instructor Needed at the Labor Education and Research Center (University of Oregon)
The Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) at the University of Oregon invites applications for a dynamic, committed labor educator to join our
LAWCHA
“Behind Every Worker is a Family,” by Wendy Z. Goldman
In Buenos Aires, I spoke to a crowded auditorium of 700 workers, students, and faculty. Workers came from the Lear plant, from the
International Conference
Labor History
Registration open for the Australia-US Comparative Labour History Conference
Historians and other scholars have long recognized both similarities and differences in the labour experience in Australia and the United States. Both countries
Events (Old)
Australia-US Comparative Labour History Conference
January 8-9, 2015. The University of Sydney, Australia. This conference aims to bring together historians and scholars interested in exploring the comparative and
Action Alerts
Letter to Marissa Mayer Encouraging Living Wages at WalMart
The Time for a Raise Campaign at the Center for Study of Responsive Law is sending a sign-on letter to Marissa Mayer, Yahoo
OpEd
Teaching Blog
John McNay, “Attack on public school teachers seems like sour grapes”
In the United States, right-wing politicians have diligently worked to defund public education. Republicans have often done this in two major ways. They