Australia and U.S. Labor: Transnational Influences and Historical Comparisons
For three days in early January—summertime in the land “down under”—historians and other scholars interested in labor gathered on the campus of Australia’s.
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Long Time LAWCHA Activist Undertakes Building a New Institution Devoted to Working Class History
A year and a half ago, I left Macalester College after a three decades-long career. I decided that it’s time to devote myself.
- by Peter Rachleff
- December 15, 2014
Labor History
Bill Barry, “Workers vs. Undocumented Immigrants: The Politics of Divide & Conquer”
Former labor organizer Bill Barry discusses the tenuous relationship between the working class and undocumented workers, and the forces that keep these groups.
- by Ryan Poe
- December 9, 2014
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Launch of LAWCHA’s Teacher/Public Sector Initiative
Today we launch the teachers/public sector toolkit, a set of resources that we hope will contribute to dialog on teacher and public sector.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 9, 2014
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The Days of Action: The Character of Class Struggle in 1990s Ontario
Illustrated by Orion Keresztesi, written by Doug Nesbitt and Sean Carleton, and augmented by an introduction by David Camfield, The Days of Action.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 15, 2014
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A Century of Teacher Organizing: What Can We Learn?
The history of teacher unionism is rich and vibrant, filled with numerous triumphs, tensions, and setbacks. For over a century, most education employees.
- by Adam Mertz
- October 30, 2014
Labor History
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum Open House, November 8, 12pm-4pm
A year ago, community leaders, citizen archaeologists, historians, labor leaders and other volunteers who care about the history in our hills came together.
- by Ryan Poe
- October 23, 2014
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Labor History
Registration open for the Australia-US Comparative Labour History Conference
Historians and other scholars have long recognized both similarities and differences in the labour experience in Australia and the United States. Both countries.
- by Ryan Poe
- October 7, 2014
Labor History
Comrades & Cowboys
In 1886, several prominent European socialists came through Cincinnati in search of insights into America. Their local comrades–“delightful German-American friends” took them to.
- by Mark Lause
- September 30, 2014
Labor History
New Projects from the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists
In an effort to update and expand tools for Labor Archives Roundtable members and our users, the Labor Archives Roundtable of the Society.
- by Conor Casey
- September 5, 2014