Former LAWCHA President Nancy MacLean Testifies in Senate Hearing
I was invited by Senators Whitehouse and Stabenow and the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee to open a hearing entitled “After Janus v..
Labor History
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LAWCHA
Iowa’s Next Election: Bridging the Urban-Rural and Class Divide
My home state of Iowa famously gave Barack Obama a convincing victory in the Democratic caucuses in 2008, the first triumph that launched a.
- by Christopher R. Martin
- July 18, 2018
Articles
Events
Dis-Organized/De-Organized/Reorganized: Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Graduate Colloquium
The Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Graduate Colloquium met on May 26th, 2018 at the University of Iowa, where it was founded by.
- by Ashley Dorn
- July 3, 2018
LAWCHA
This is Your Daughter’s Labor Movement
If there is going to be a revival of the U.S. labor movement, it’s likely that women are going to lead it. Lane.
- by Lane Windham
- July 2, 2018
LAWCHA
Working-Class Pride: Promise or Peril?
Pride in something seems to be a good thing to have. But pride can lead to prejudice. And it can also lead to displacement and.
- by Ken Estey
- June 29, 2018
OpEd
Martin J. Bennett, “50 Years Ago: King, Memphis, and the Poor People’s Campaign,” Beyond Chron, May 31, 2018
Most Americans know that a white racist assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4,1968 – fifty years ago. But.
- by Ryan Poe
- June 25, 2018
OpEd
Eladio Bobadilla, “Creating a humanitarian crisis — while ignoring U.S. history,” Herald Sun, June 18, 2017
In an effort to “send a message” to potential asylum seekers from Mexico and Central America, the Trump administration and the Jeff Sessions-led.
- by Eladio Bobadilla
- June 19, 2018
LAWCHA
How the Haitian refugee crisis led to the indefinite detention of immigrants
President Trump’s recent visit to Southern California to view prototypes for his much-touted border wall drew protests and new pledges by immigrants and.
- by Carl Lindskoog
- June 18, 2018
LAWCHA
The Sweat of Their Face: Exhibition Review, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, through September 3, 2018
I came in through the back entrance. It offered a clue to one strength of The Sweat of their Face: Portraying American Workers,.
- by Carol Quirke
- June 15, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
LAWCHA 2019 Conference CFP: Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements
The Labor and Working-‐Class History Association, an organization of scholars, teachers, students, labor educators and activists, welcomes proposals for the 2019 LAWCHA conference.
- by Ryan Poe
- May 31, 2018