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New Essay published to Teaching Labor’s Story: Free Labor and Slavery, 1800-1830, by Sean Griffin

Check out Sean Griffin’s thematic essay, “Free Labor and Slavery, 1800-1830.”  Griffin’s essay draws on his first book, The Root and the Branch: Working.

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LaborOnline LAWCHA Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Public History on the San Francisco Waterfront

Professional historians often talk about the need for public education and public history. A year and a half ago, San Franciscans completed one.

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LaborOnline LAWCHA New Book Interviews

Julie Greene on Her New Book, Box 25

John Enyeart spoke with Julie Greene, editor of Labor: Studies in Working Class History, about her new book, Box 25, based on essays.

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2025 Labor History Bibliography

Here’s my annual list of books published in labor history, this one for 2025. If you know of a book published last year.

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Maryland250 Labor History Project

The big questions for labor historians interested in public history are: what for? And who for?What for: to help build a real labor.

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LaborOnline LAWCHA Teaching Blog

Start! A Labor Drama

Teaching Labor’s Story is excited to add a labor drama to LAWCHA’s labor history sourcebook: START! A Play in Seven Scenes. Written and produced.

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Sex and the Power of Publicity: OCAW in the 1970s

Sarah Milov’s essay,“Damned Women: Fetal Protection as Employer Offensive at American Cyanamid,” in the  December 2025 issue of  Labor: Studies in Working Class.

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Going Public: LABOR’s Newest Section

I am thrilled to announce a new collaboration between LaborOnline and LABOR: Studies in Working Class History called Going Public. As a new.

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Don’t Stand Alone: Working Together and Sharing Stories of Black Labor Activism

In light of current attacks on labor unions, Black history, academic freedom, and public humanities, we are grateful to be able to share.

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Labor 2025 Big Book Forum: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery

On October 17, historian Rudi Batzell presented at the Labor 2025 Big Book forum about his new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow.

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