The Road Not Taken: Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism, 1894-1914
The new issue of the journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History is out, and we are pleased to move Janet K. Weaver’s essay.
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The Laundry Workers’ Uprising: The Fight to Build a Democratic Union in the Twentieth Century
Jenny Carson profiles some of the dynamic early leaders of the New York laundry workers union uprising of the 1930s, and how their.
- by Jenny Carson
- May 4, 2022
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“We Just Want A Democratic Workplace”: Can the NLRB Protect Starbucks’ Pro-Union Workers?
John Logan updates us on the spunky Starbucks workers campaign against the Goliath of union avoidance, asks what the National Labor Relations Board.
- by John Logan
- April 13, 2022
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A Victory for Hope: A Note about the ALU Victory with References
It has been an exciting weekend for the North American labor movement with the Amazon Labor Union victory taking centre stage – adding.
- by Ian Rocksborough-Smith
- April 4, 2022
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What’s Old is New Again: Some Initial Thoughts on the Amazon Workers Victory
In the past twenty years, I have been told time and again about how it is nearly impossible to organize Amazon, Starbucks, Wal-Mart.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 4, 2022
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Mill Mother’s Lament: Keeping Ella May Wiggins’ Legacy Alive
Karen Sieber tells us of the effort to honor the memory of slain union organizer Ella May Wiggins and the struggle for power.
- by Karen Sieber
- April 1, 2022
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
The Odyssey of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial
Editor: On March 25, 2023 a new memorial will be placed at the site where 123 women and 23 men garment workers, mostly.
- by Mary Anne Trasciatti
- March 24, 2022
Film & Video
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Nightmare Alley and Tented Entertainment Workers
At the 2022 Oscars, Guillermo del Toro’s remake of Nightmare Alley could win four awards for its portrayal of life in a Great.
- by Andrea Ringer
- March 22, 2022
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On the “Trucker” Protests in the U.S. and Canada
“Freedom” is a fickle force, especially when it is expressed in the guise of aggressive flag-waving nationalism. Recent convoys in Canada and the.
- by Ian Rocksborough-Smith
- March 14, 2022
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Kaisha Esty on Black Women and Girls Battle over Labor and Sexual Consent
Kaisha Esty’s marvelous essay “‘I Told Him to Let Me Alone, That He Hurt Me’: Black Women and Girls and the Battle Over.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 11, 2022