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David Montgomery Award Submissions Open: October 1, 2015 Deadline

The David Montgomery Award is given annually by the OAH with co-sponsorship by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) for the best.

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Labor History

Preserving & Donating Union Records

Many labor organizations already have good records management systems but want to know which types of records to donate to the LAW, which.

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Call for Proposals Labor History

The Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize: Deadline, September 1, 2015

The New York Labor History Association is pleased to announce this Call for Entries for the First Annual Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism.

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Labor History

Empire of Cotton Still Based on Violence

At the recent LAWCHA conference here in Washington, D.C., I was among those applauding heartily when Empire of Cotton: A Global History, Sven.

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Labor History

From Worker Education Center to Hedge Fund and State Department Cabal: An Open Call to Struggle Against an Obscene Transformation

Dear friends and supporters of Worker Education: After more than three years of the collective efforts by The Committee of Concerned Alumni, Students,.

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Labor History

Baltimore Steel Stories

This is the first video for the Baltimore Steel Stories Project out of Towson University’s Anthropology Department. About half of the material used.

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Labor History

Standing Up for a House of Labor–the Debs Home in Terre Haute

In 1968, on the corner of the campus of Indiana State University, there sat a small home. Previously a member of Terre Haute’s.

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Events Labor History

Society of American Archivists Labor Archives Roundtable at the 2015 LAWCHA Conference

May 28-29, 2015. As part of the Society of American Archivists Labor Archives Roundtable’s ongoing efforts to coordinate with LAWCHA, two conference sessions.

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Labor History People

Suellen Hoy wins 2014 Harry E. Pratt Award

We are pleased to pass along that LAWCHA member Suellen Hoy has won 2014’s Harry E. Pratt Award for the best article in.

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Labor History OpEd

Jim Gregory, “Seattle’s Left Coast Formula,” Dissent (Winter, 2015)

Contemporary Seattle is a city with a dual personality. On one hand, a dramatic building boom is underway. Towering cranes crowd the skyline.

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