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.
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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 Rosemary Feurer
- May 31, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
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Call for Papers: LAWCHA’s 2019 Conference
The Labor and Working-Class History Association’s 2019 Call for Papers Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements Duke University, May 30-June 1, 2019 Jacob.
- by Jacob Remes
- May 30, 2018
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Teaching Blog
New Teaching Labor’s Story Guide: Triumph of the Paraprofessionals, August 22, 1970
Nick Juravich’s new TLS guide is an op-ed written by civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin on the signing of the first union contract.
- by Nick Juravich
- May 8, 2018
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New Book Interviews
Christo Aivalis on His New Book, The Constant Liberal
LaborOnline’s no-longer-quite-monthly series on new books in labor and working-class history continues. Christo Aivalis’s The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian.
- by Jacob Remes
- May 3, 2018
Opportunity
WILL Empower: Apprenticeship Program for Women
WILL Empower is a bold and ambitious new initiative to identify, convene, train, and nurture a new generation of women labor leaders. Lane.
- by Lane Windham
- April 26, 2018
Call for Proposals
The Newberry Seminar in Labor History: CFP Deadline June 1, 2018
The Newberry Seminar in Labor Historyprovides a forum for works in progress that explore the history of working class people, communities, and culture;.
- by Liesl Orenic
- April 17, 2018
Labor History
Margo Price, “Pay Gap”: Labor Song of the Month
While Margo Price’s concerns are political through and through, she isn’t hosting any pity parties. Many of her songs rock, countering the sobering.
- by Daniel Graff
- April 16, 2018
In Memoriam
Geneva Evans, 1941-2018
A great labor leader passed away last month. You won’t read about her in the NY Times obituary, but you should. You won’t.
- by Keith Kelleher
- April 16, 2018