Teaching Working-Class Literature in Labor History Courses
Labor Notes conducted an informal survey of labor activists, asking them about their favorite class-conscious novels. The range of works was pretty interesting.
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Solidarity? Whatever—Obama’s Forgotten Social Movement
President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, progressive? Maybe. But only if you are one of the liberals who have forgotten this nation’s working class..
- by Leon Fink
- January 29, 2013
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PATCO strike of 1981: Reflections on Joseph McCartin’s Collision Course
In the wake of the continued disasters for workers rights in the last few years and the recent release of statistics suggesting that.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 29, 2013
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Lane Windham, “If not unions, then what?,” Baltimore Sun, January 28, 2013
LAWCHA member and University of Maryland College Park graduate student Lane Windham has published an opinion piece in the Baltimore Sun entitled “If.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 28, 2013
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Was Herbert Hill, NAACP’s Labor Secretary, an FBI informer?
Was Herbert Hill–the Labor Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for 25 years known for his fierce.
- by Trevor Griffey
- January 25, 2013
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“Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”: Marking the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people converged at the Lincoln Memorial in a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The.
- by Clarence Lang
- January 19, 2013
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OpEd
Reminder: Gutman Prize Deadline in Two Weeks (January 31st)
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
- January 16, 2013
Global Affairs Articles
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Alex Lichtenstein on Marikana: A View From the Mountain and a Case to Answer
In the September 1 edition of LARB, historian Alex Lichtenstein examined the background of the massacre of striking miners at Marikana, looking closely.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 15, 2013
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Anthony DeStefanis Board Profile (Correction from Official Ballot)
I, Ryan Poe, mistakenly left off two full paragraphs of Anthony DeStefanis’ bio on the LAWCHA board member election ballots. Myself and the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 5, 2013
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OpEd
Linda Gordon, “Juicing up the labor movement? Try speaking to women’s issues,” UAW News, December 27, 2012
On Dec. 11 Michigan passed two right-to-work laws, one for public and one for private employees. As even our president said, they mean.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 5, 2013