Labor History
Last Call for LRAN Travel Funding (Deadline: April 26)
Last call for LRAN conference travel funding! We are still accepting requests for travel funding for the LRAN conference. For all grad students,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 16, 2013
Labor History
LAWCHA
Robert H. Zieger Prize for Southern Labor Studies
In honor of the late Robert H. Zieger–teacher, scholar, and tireless union activist–the Southern Labor Studies Association announces that it is raising funds.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 24, 2013
Labor History
LAWCHA
Bob Zieger, 1938-2013
LAWCHA mourns the loss of one of its founding members, Bob Zieger. Bob was one of LAWCHA’s first ever board members and has.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 7, 2013
Labor History
Documentary: “With a Stroke of the Chaveta”
Pam Sporn’s documentary film With a Stroke of Chaveta tells the unique story of cigars and literature in Cuba and Cuban emigre communities.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 6, 2013
Events (Old)
Labor History
LAWCHA
1877 Railroad Strike Historical Marker Unveiling, Saturday March 23, Baltimore
The state of Maryland accepted LAWCHA member Bill Barry’s proposal for a historical marker at Camden Yards to celebrate the railroad strikers of.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 3, 2013
Events (Old)
Labor History
More Than A Labor of Love: The Work of Home Care
February 22 at 6:30pm in San Francisco, California. Presented by Eileen Boris with organizing updates by Sylvia Lopez and Dalia Rubiano (Mujeres Unidas.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 16, 2013
Events (Old)
Labor History
Chicago: New Models of Representation Conference
March 7, 2013. Registration required. This one-day conference is motivated by a provocative question: What happens when workers begin to act like unions.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 26, 2013
Call for Proposals
Labor History
CFP: The Paterson Silk Strike Centennial Conference, 1913-2013 (Deadline: March 1, 2013)
The William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPUNJ) is seeking papers for its upcoming conference commemorating the centennial of the 1913 Paterson Silk.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 24, 2013
Labor History
Opportunity
Lioneld Jordan Fellowship in Arkansas Labor and Working-Class History
LAWCHA member Michael C. Pierce passes along a notice about an opportunity to study labor and working-class history in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Lioneld.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 22, 2013