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Mapping the IWW

The IWW History Project is now live. Based at the University of Washington, the online project reveals in new ways the rich history.

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David Montgomery Award Submissions Open: October 1, 2015 Deadline

The David Montgomery Award is given annually by the OAH with co-sponsorship by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) for the best.

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All Work and No Play: Players Associations and the State of American Labor

On May 25, 2015, weather conditions forced the cancelation of a flight from Atlanta to Boston. One of the flight’s intended passengers was.

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The More Things Stay the Same: Lessons from 1934

It has been 81 years since the workers of the Toledo Electric Auto-Lite Company went on strike. A modest but extremely profitable auto.

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Collection Spotlight: The Utah Philips Papers

Originally posted October 16th, 2014. Written by Dallas Pillen, Archives Technician at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs,.

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Journey into an Undocumented Past: Why I Became a Historian

I became interested in history when I was deployed in the Middle East in 2008. I was troubled by boredom and the simplistic.

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Battle of the Overpass

Originally posted at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University. May 19, 2011. Written by Kristen.

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Twenty Best Labor Books – First Cut

On September 7, I’ll be presenting a reading from my new book on the West Virginia mine wars, The Devil Is Here in.

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2015 LAWCHA President’s Report

Drawing 450 registrants and featuring 3 days of exciting and informative panels the first joint LAWCHA-WCSA conference was a huge success. Thanks to.

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Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Originally posted on December 17, 2010. Written by Troy Eller English, Society of Women Engineers Archivist at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne.

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