A Seat at the Table – Update Part 2
THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES THAT UPDATES AND EXTENDS JOHN MCKERLEY’S ESSAY IN THE CURRENT ISSUE OF LABOR: STUDIES IN WORKING.
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The 2022-23 Upsurge of Union Organizing and Strikes in Higher Education
As this report documents, the recent uptick in union organizing has not been large enough to reverse the long-term decline in union density,.
- by William Herbert
- October 21, 2023
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New Book Interviews
William D. Riddell On the Waves of Empire U.S. Imperialism and Merchant Sailors, 1872-1924
Ian Rocksborough-Smith interviewed William D. Riddell about his new book On the Waves of Empire: U.S. Imperialism and Merchant Sailors, 1872-1924, published by.
- by Ian Rocksborough-Smith
- August 31, 2023
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Michael Pierce Testifies about the Origin of Right to Work
In March 2023 historian Michael Pierce testified on the origins of right to work before the Michigan Senate Labor Committee when it was.
- by Michael Pierce
- August 25, 2023
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New Book Interviews
Kevin Kenny on his new book, The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic
Kevin Kenny, a noted scholar of labor history and immigration history, has recently published The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing.
- by J. Hollis Harris
- August 4, 2023
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COVID-19 and Authoritarian Populism
Aditya Sarkar’s essay, “Pandemics, Labor Relations, and Political Regimes: The Bubonic Plague and COVID-19 Crises in India,” in issue 20:2 (May 2023) of.
- by Aditya Sarkar
- July 26, 2023
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Work, Disaster, and the Lost Possibilities of Pandemic Politics
This is part of a series featuring authors of essays in the journal Labor: Studies in Working Class History. Jacob Remes frames the.
- by Jacob Remes
- July 17, 2023
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The Making and Breaking of a Popular Front: The Case of the National Negro Congress
This is part of a series featuring authors of essays in the journal Labor: Studies in Working Class History. Eric Arnesen discusses the.
- by Eric Arnesen
- July 2, 2023
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Labor and Public Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy
Few memorial landscapes have changed as much over the past decade than Montgomery, Alabama, the “Cradle of the Confederacy.” At one time, the.
- by Alex Lichtenstein
- June 22, 2023
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Francis Ryan: Memories of the Labor of School Crossing Guards
Beginning with this essay, we initiate a series on essays that are appearing in the journal Labor. This one is the backstory to.
- by Francis Ryan
- June 13, 2023