Teaching Labor History With the Chicago Foreign-Language Press Survey
In fall 1936, the Chicago Public Library initiated the Chicago Foreign-Language Press Survey, with funding from the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA), one.
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Listen to Salem Elzway to Understand How Elites Have Used Automation
In a recent issue of Labor, Salem Elzway and Jason Resnikoff published an article that gives all workers insights into this ongoing deployment.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 1, 2024
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Maurice Isserman on His New Book, Reds
Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism by Maurice IssermanRandi Storch: Your engaging and well-written history of American Communism from 1919 to the early.
- by Randi Storch
- July 29, 2024
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Chad Pearson’s review of Eric Fure-Slocum and Claire Goldstene’s Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History
Chad Pearson’s review follows a series of recent posts from Labor Online that reflect on and feature the work of contributors to Contingent.
- by Chad Pearson
- July 23, 2024
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David Montgomery’s Legacy in the Field of Working-Class History
Co-authors: James Barrett, Shelton Stromquist David Montgomery was a founder of the modern field of labor history. Even long after his death, the.
- by John Enyeart
- July 17, 2024
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Justine Modica on Caring Work in Seattle
This essay by Justine Modica is available free until September 30, thanks to Duke University Press. Credit to Labor Online editorial member John.
- by Justine Modica
- July 11, 2024
In Memoriam
In Memoriam
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Nancy Felice Gabin, 1954-2024
“Professor Gabin,” as I will always remember her, set a standard few of us will meet. Her research and writing, meticulous and groundbreaking. .
- by Lisa Philips
- July 5, 2024
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Bringing Labor History Alive: Reenacting the 1936 St. Louis City Hall Occupation
Every spring, over thirty women union activists are accepted to attend the Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference, or The Polk School.
- by Emily E. LB. Twarog
- June 13, 2024
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UC Graduate Workers and the History of Political Strikes
On Wednesday, May 15, 79% of 48,000 graduate student workers at the University of California who cast their ballots voted to authorize a.
- by Dana Frank
- May 30, 2024
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What Work Is: In Six-Word Essays
In my book, What Work Is, I assert that work has an enormous contradictory impact on the workers and society they build. Anthropologist.
- by Bob Bruno
- May 29, 2024