Events (Old)
Labor History
OpEd
History of Capitalism Summer Camp, Cornell University
July 14-25. Join 25 other historians and get the skills you need to understand economic theory, interpret quantitative sources, make sense of corporate.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 8, 2013
LAWCHA
OpEd
Cindy Hahamovitch, “Protecting Immigrant Farm Workers,” Miami Herald OpEd
For the second time in 35 years farm employers are holding up comprehensive immigration reform by demanding a bigger and less-regulated guestworker program..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 14, 2013
LAWCHA
OpEd
Nelson Lichtenstein, “Obamacare’s Other Benefit,” LA Times OpEd
“If it is done right, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) may well promise uninsured Americans a lot more than cheap, reliable medical.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 13, 2013
LAWCHA
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
LAWCHA
OpEd
Peter Cole, “Behind the Longshoremen’s Strike Threat,” The Progressive, December 29
“Just days before year’s end, a growing chorus of retailers, manufacturers, and conservative politicians called on President Obama to invoke a notorious anti-union.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 3, 2013
LAWCHA
OpEd
LAWCHA Member Activity in Recent Right to Work Conflicts
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 14, 2012