Communities Are Worth Fighting For
Last month in Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray vetoed the Large Retailer Accountability Act, which would have required corporate retailers with sales.
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Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding History, Deadline: January 3rd, 2014
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 21, 2013
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Defend the Irish University Campaign—A call for Solidarity
University professors in Ireland are leading a campaign that links concerns for their work with a concern for education as a public good..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 17, 2013
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Can Labor and Greens Build Coalitions?
For years, the labor movement has talked of the need to build coalitions with other social movements. During the Trumka presdiency, the AFL-CIO.
- by Erik Loomis
- September 30, 2013
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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.
- by Clarence Lang
- September 23, 2013
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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