Is It Time for a Six-Hour Work Day?
A 2014 Gallup poll shows Americans work an average of 47 hours per week. But should the work week be 30 hours? And.
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LAWCHA Joins the Global Labour History Network
The Global Labour History Network (GLHN) is an interdisciplinary network of historians and other social scientists, founded in Barcelona on June 16, 2015..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 2, 2016
Call for Proposals
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LAWCHA Seeking LaborOnline Contributors: Anyone Can Contribute
LAWCHA invites students, activists, scholars, educators, and everyone between to contribute to the ongoing conversation at LaborOnline. We consider pieces of any length.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 25, 2016
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LAWCHA Election Results
The Elections Committee has reported the results of the annual election to the Executive Committee, and we are very pleased to announce the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 25, 2016
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Eyes off the Prize: Liberals in the Postwar Era
Thomas Edsall’s recent New York Times op-ed on the failure of Democrats to engage as effectively as Republicans in state-level politics parenthetically surfaces.
- by Tula Connell
- February 8, 2016
Events
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Join us at the OAH: Love & Solidarity, James Lawson and Nonviolence in the Search for Workers’ Rights
Join LAWCHA for a film showing (of Love & Solidarity) and discussion at the Organization of American Historians in Providence, Rhode Island, 9am.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 7, 2016
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Preview of “Love & Solidarity”
Through interviews and historical documents, acclaimed labor and civil rights historian Michael Honey and award-winning filmmaker Errol Webber put Rev. James Lawson’s discourse.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 20, 2016
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LAWCHA 2015 Newsletter, Now Out
The LAWCHA 2015 newsletter should have arrived in your mailboxes, LAWCHA members. For those of you who are too eager to read it,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 17, 2016
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“We’ll just live within our means then!”: A Reaction to UW-Madison Graduate School Administration’s Proposal to “Restructure” Graduate Employee Pay
After briefly skimming over the potential effects of the proposed restructuring of pay for graduate assistants, I found myself jadedly stunned by the.
- by Jillian Jacklin
- December 7, 2015
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LAWCHA Co-Sponsorship for the ASA
If you would like to have LAWCHA co-sponsorship for a session at the American Studies Association, please send the information to our program.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 3, 2015