The Perils of Faculty Speech: Revisiting Campus Labor and the Corporate University
This past summer, I organized a LaborOnline forum on “Campus Labor and the Corporate University” (July 9, 2013), which featured commentary from James.
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Volkswagen, Chattanooga and the Long History of Union Avoidance
A number of Tennessee’s politicians and business leaders are baffled and frustrated that autoworkers at Chattanooga’s sizable, $1 billon Volkswagen plant may force.
- by Chad Pearson
- September 17, 2013
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Labor History Songs CD full of old favorites
The Union Makes Us Strong by Peter K. Siegel and Eli Smith is a wonderful collection of old favorites, enlivened by some fancy.
- by Paul Buhle
- September 7, 2013
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New Deal Era Labor Art Explored in Collaborative Project
Labor and New Deal Art: the Commemoration of the Little Steel Strike of 1937 is a wonderful resource for labor historians and teachers,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 31, 2013
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“Union Makes Us Strong” CD a great resource for labor historians
Peter K. Siegel and Eli Smith, two musician-activists, have done the labor history field a huge favor by recording a set of important.
- by Steve Brier
- August 28, 2013
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Teaching about Collective Bargaining–the case of Flint Michigan
This summer I had the privilege of co-coordinating an NEH Landmark grant at one of the Great Camps in the Adirondacks. Over a.
- by Randi Storch
- August 24, 2013
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Working Class Access to Education Blocked by Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College has officially announced plans to end the Urban Policy & Administration (UPA) program at the Graduate Center for Workers Education (GCWE)..
- by John Alter
- August 21, 2013
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“Opportunities for Defiance”: Embracing Guerilla History and Moving Beyond Scott Walker’s Wisconsin
This long submission is an essay submitted originally to Labor: Working Class Studies of the Americas from graduate students at the University of.
- by Beth Robinson
- August 16, 2013
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Rights, Solidarity, Justice YouTube Panels
LAWCHA extends a warm, gracious thanks to Daniel Waingarten and all the folks over at Arete Living Arts for filming select sessions of.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 16, 2013
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Obama’s Phoenix comments call for reflection on class and housing issues
Phoenix was perhaps the worst choice for Barack Obama’s recent speech on his plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To many, the.
- by Elizabeth Shermer
- August 15, 2013