The AHA and the Chicago Hotel Strike
On Sept. 7 UNITE HERE began a strike against 25 hotels in Chicago. The demands focused on year round health insurance and other.
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New Book Interviews
Laura McEnaney on her new book, Postwar
Our series of interviews with authors of new books in labor and working-class history continues. Laura McEnaney’s Postwar: Waging Peace in Chicago, is.
- by Jacob Remes
- September 28, 2018
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The $15 Disney Minimum Wage, Historic?
Over the better part of the last year (July 2017-August 2018), Disney cast members in both Anaheim and Orlando have been negotiating with.
- by Lisa Philips
- September 24, 2018
Issues of Labor
Labor 15.3 (September, 2018)
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950 and.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 23, 2018
Labor History
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The Fight for Good Jobs and a Democratic Economy
Jonathan Kissam, historian and Communications Director for United Electrical Workers Union, digs into the past for some ideas for the future, in a.
- by Jonathan Kissam
- September 5, 2018
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Labor’s Day, More or Less?
It’s hard for most of us to recall any period in the last fifty years that we could call the “good times” for.
- by Wade Rathke
- September 3, 2018
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The University of Iowa Labor Center and the Attacks on Labor
The attacks on labor these days take many forms. Some are straight-forward and brutally confrontational—the Janus ruling or the state legislation in Iowa.
- by Shelton Stromquist
- July 30, 2018
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“Oilcan” Ed Sadlowski, 1938-2018: Midwestern Grit
Ed Sadlowski passed away yesterday. His life is a testament to the grit of the leftwing Midwestern union militants. His roots in unionism.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 11, 2018
Issues of Labor
Labor 15.2 (May, 2018)
In This Issue Editor’s Introduction Leon Fink, Editor’s Introduction Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 10, 2018
Issues of Labor
Labor 15.1 (March 2018)
In This Issue Guest Editors’ Introduction Max Fraser, Christopher Phelps, The Labor Beat: An Introduction Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 4, 2018