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Dawson Barrett on His New Book, The Defiant

Joseph Walzer recently interviewed Dawson Barrett on his new book, The Defiant: Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America, a book that looks at the.

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The Fight for Good Jobs and a Democratic Economy

Jonathan Kissam, historian and Communications Director for United Electrical Workers Union, digs into the past for some ideas for the future, in a.

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Former LAWCHA President Nancy MacLean Testifies in Senate Hearing

I was invited by Senators Whitehouse and Stabenow and the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee to open a hearing entitled “After Janus v..

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Labor History Teaching Blog

New Teaching Labor’s Story Guide: Triumph of the Paraprofessionals, August 22, 1970

Nick Juravich’s new TLS guide is an op-ed written by civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin on the signing of the first union contract.

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Margo Price, “Pay Gap”: Labor Song of the Month

While Margo Price’s concerns are political through and through, she isn’t hosting any pity parties. Many of her songs rock, countering the sobering.

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Stamford Workers Show How to Transform Our Unions and Rebuild the Labor Movement

Chad Pearson: Andrew Tillett-Saks has given LAWCHA permission to re-publish this inspiring essay from Truthout. It is an excellent reminder of the long.

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Labor History Today: Week of February 4, 2018

Union City’s Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Lane Windham and Julie Greene. Ryan Poewww.ryanmpoe.com/

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Rethinking the American Labor Movement with Liz Faue

Liz Faue’s new book, Rethinking the American Labor Movement, is our field’s newest attempt to reinterpret U.S. Labor History. I asked her a.

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Worker Portraits: Contradictions and Contingency

Paintings and sculptures often represent those with power, not the working class. Yet, a current exhibit at Washington, D.C.’s  National Portrait Gallery, “The.

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Labor History Today: January 14-20, 2018

This week’s labor history: Dr. Martin Luther King and organized labor; John F. Kennedy guarantees federal workers the right to join unions; how.

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