Herbert G. Gutman Dissertation Prize – submissions due January 3, 2016
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert Gutman Dissertation Prize, established with the cooperation with.
LAWCHA
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.
- by James Gregory
- November 7, 2015
Labor History
LAWCHA
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- July 27, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by Jonathan Cohen
- June 29, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by Brad Sommer
- June 17, 2015
LAWCHA
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,.
- by The Walter P. Reuther Library
- June 17, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by Eladio Bobadilla
- June 11, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by The Walter P. Reuther Library
- June 10, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by James Green
- June 8, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by Nancy MacLean
- June 5, 2015