Is the Worst Yet to Come for Unions?
With the decline of good paying jobs in the private sector, public employment has been particularly important for working-class people. These state and.
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LAWCHA joins AHA statement condemning travel ban executive order
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 1, 2017
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Is Solidarity Possible?: Cops Are Workers Too
When railroad mogul Jay Gould beat the Knights of Labor in 1886, he revealed his strategy. “I can hire one half of the.
- by Steve Thornton
- January 21, 2017
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Every Part of Us Has Parts
There are moments when we middle-class professionals, or at least the progressive part of us, recognize our blindness.
- by Jack Metzgar
- January 20, 2017
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The Origins of Right-to-Work: Vance Muse, Anti-Semitism, and the Maintenance of Jim Crow Labor Relations
As Kentucky legislators pass a measure outlawing the union shop and Missouri’s General Assembly contemplates doing the same, it is worth remembering that.
- by Michael Pierce
- January 12, 2017
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LAWCHA Statement on Collective Bargaining for All Faculty
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) applauds and endorses the Organization of American Historians (OAH) “Statement on Collective Bargaining and Part-Time,.
- by LAWCHA Board of Directors
- December 17, 2016
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Empowering Migrant Workers in Global Supply Chains
Many of the more than 150 million migrant workers around the world endure abusive conditions—and one of the most exploitative phases of transnational.
- by Tula Connell
- December 16, 2016
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Everyday Encounters: Antagonism in the Sharing Economy
Contemporary service industry jobs, many of them tied to the sharing economy, affect both workers and customers. As Diane Negra and John Russo.
- by Diane Negra
- December 15, 2016
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Deindustrialisation, Deregulation, and Division: The Case of Shirebrook and Sports Direct
Deindustrialisation has ravaged areas of the English North and Midlands, areas that are also some of the hardest hit by successive governments’ programs.
- by James Pattison
- November 29, 2016
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How Bill Clinton Remade the Democratic Party by Abandoning Unions: An Arkansas Story
Much has been made in the recent campaign about the alienation of working-class whites from the Democratic Party. Michael Pierce shows this is.
- by Michael Pierce
- November 23, 2016