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Was Ludlow a Massacre? A Response

Let me cut to the heart of the matter: I consider Ludlow a massacre, and never in either Killing for Coal nor anywhere.

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Let’s Draw Horns on Roosevelt’s Head by Chad Pearson

A number of the historians in the audience at the 2014 Organization of American Historian’s session on the state of political history in.

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“Yes, Ludlow Was a Massacre” by DeStefanis & Feurer, with Response by Martelle and Andrews

Anthony DeStefanis and Rosemary Feurer wrote blogs simultaneously in response to a central question raised at the Ludlow Commemoration this weekend: Was Ludlow.

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US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement 3 years on–the Long Road to Solidarity by Avi Chomsky

When Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, he told the AFL-CIO convention that he would oppose the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

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Be Consolated, John Handcox

John L Handcox was an African American born in Brinkley, Arkansas, in 1904 at one of the worst times and in one of.

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Remembering “Salt of the Earth” 60 Years Later

Over 400 attendees gathered on Saturday, March 15th, at United Steelworkers Local 890 hall (former Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Local 890) in.

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Tony Benn’s quotes from the Guardian worth reflection

On March 14, Tony Benn, who had spent the better part of half a century in the British Parliament died. About twenty years.

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Department of Labor’s List of Books that Shaped Work in America ignores critical books

In honor of its centennial the Department of Labor began posting a list of “Books that Shaped Work in America”. What does it.

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Perspectives: The UAW Defeat in Chattanooga

There have been a number of  historically-informed blogs posted since the UAW’s defeat in Chattanooga in mid-February, 2014. We invite you to consider.

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Doing the Employer’s Dirty Work?: Thinking about the History of Anti-Unionism from “Below” after the UAW’s Defeat in Chattanooga

Historians should think carefully as they ponder the meaning of the UAW defeat in Chattanooga. Some analysts write as though a full-fledged co-determination.

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