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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Scabby the Rat Down Under
Scabby the Rat, a familiar figure on US picket lines, has taken his show on the road. In the past few years, he’s.
- by Ruth Barton
- April 6, 2018
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Engendering the History of Capitalism
Joint Session International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH) and International Social History Association (ISHA): CISH in Poznan, Poland, August 2020. Eileen.
- by Eileen Boris
- April 5, 2018
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Gendered work, gendered struggles: women’s activism at the work-place in long-term and comparative perspective
The study of women’s workplace activism advances the evolving inclusive and conceptually innovative historiography on women, gender, and labor. It focuses on a.
- by Eileen Boris
- April 5, 2018