Food and Work (Deadline: October 1)
Susan Levine and Steve Striffler send a call for papers for a special issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas
Call for Proposals
Labor History
Who Built Our Capitol? The Lives and Work of the Men and Women Who Built the Minnesota State Capitol Building
On July 27, 1898 marching bands led thousands of people to the highest point in downtown St Paul, Minnesota. Columns of veterans, stonecutters
Call for Proposals
Labor and Empire Small Conference
The journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas invites paper submissions for its upcoming conference–tentatively slotted for November 13-15, 2014 in
Labor History
New Gravestone for Harry Kelly (1871-1953)
LAWCHA member Nathan Jun is interested in acquiring a new marker for the grave of our departed comrade Harry Kelly (1871-1953) at Forest
Events (Old)
Organize the South or Die: Why the South Matters to the Future of Labor
Session at the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 10 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. As the AFL-CIO and its affiliates
OpEd
Emily Twarog, “Today’s workers need better deal,” Chicago Sun-Times OpEd
I worked in the food service for a total of 15 years, in every possible job classification. During that time, I worked at
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