Collection Spotlight: UAW Local 174 Mural
In 1937, United Auto Workers Local 174 sponsored the creation of a series of murals to enliven their Union Hall and celebrate their.
Labor History
Labor History
Clinton and Trump: Labor and the Election of 2016
Both the polling and the pundits’ predictions of a Clinton victory were wrong. The reasons for Trump’s victory in part can be understood.
- by Andrew Kolin
- November 17, 2016
Labor History
Anti-Union Culture-Making: “And Women Shall Weep” (1958)
Produced in 1958 by the National Right To Work Committee, the 26-minute film …And Women Must Weep tells the story of a small,.
- by Gregory Wood
- October 24, 2016
Articles
Labor History
Jews in the Labor Movement: Past, Present and Future
Think of the greatest strikes in US labor history. Apart from the garment workers’ strikes in New York and Chicago before World War.
- by Bennett Muraskin
- October 2, 2016
Labor History
The ILWU History Project
In the February-March 2016 issue of Labor, under LAWCHA Watch, John W. McKerley and Jennifer Sherer write that multiple generations of labor scholars,.
- by Harvey Schwartz
- September 17, 2016
Labor History
LaborOnline
The New Democrats and the Old Dominion: A Legacy of the Hyper-Capitalist 1990s
The rise of Virginia to national political prominence has been a long time coming. Well before the centrist Tim Kaine was given the.
- by Michael Dennis
- September 15, 2016
Labor History
Welcome to the New Depression: A Video by Darryl Holter
Forwarded from Darrly Holter’s official newsletter. An original taste of Americana music, drawing from country, blues and folk traditions. Darryl Holter is also.
- by Michael Honey
- September 10, 2016
Labor History
Encourage Public Labor History
In a recent LAWCHA post, Conor Casey, of the Labor Archives of Washington at the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, properly cheered students.
- by Bill Barry
- September 9, 2016
Labor History
We Do the Work: An Interview with Conor Casey
The latest episode of the Labor Archives of Washington’s regular segment on the KSVR radio show We Do the Work is now streaming.
- by Conor Casey
- September 2, 2016
Global Affairs Articles
Labor History
Speech by Dilma Rousseff, Upon Her Removal as President of Brazil, 31 August 2016
Dilma Roussef, the first woman to head Brazil, was removed from office on August 31, 2016, after months of impeachment hearings led the.
- by Bryan Pitts
- September 2, 2016