LAWCHA Election Results
Election chair Nancy Gabin has reported the results of the LAWCHA election. To start with, more members voted than in any previous election..
Call for Proposals
Events
MLWCH Deadline Extended: March 2
The 2018 colloquium, titled “Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized,” will feature a keynote address by Professor Rosemary Feurer of Northern Illinois University, as well as a roundtable.
- by Ryan Poe
- February 7, 2018
LAWCHA
Uber, the “Metropocalypse,” and Economic Inequality in D.C.
Public transit infrastructure in Washington, D.C. is crumbling. Metro and bus services have been cut. Fares have gone up. And, safety remains a.
- by Katie Wells
- February 7, 2018
LAWCHA
Winning Working-Class Voters with State Level Consumer Protection
Donald Trump’s election, made possible in part by his ability to capture the hearts, minds, aspirations, and votes of working-class men and women,.
- by Marc Dann
- February 6, 2018
LAWCHA
The Polk School – Women’s Leadership Development and Labor Extension
In 1988, the Labor Education Program (a labor studies extension school) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Labor and Employment.
- by Emily E. LB. Twarog
- February 6, 2018
Labor History
Worker Portraits: Contradictions and Contingency
Paintings and sculptures often represent those with power, not the working class. Yet, a current exhibit at Washington, D.C.’s National Portrait Gallery, “The.
- by Sherry Linkon
- January 30, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
LRAN Conference Call for Proposals: Proposal Deadline Friday, March 16
Scholars, labor practitioners, and activists from across the country will convene in Nashville, TN to share new ideas and lessons learned, and connect.
- by Lane Windham
- January 29, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
MLWCH CFP Deadline Approaching: February 2, 2018
The 2018 colloquium, titled “Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized,” will feature a keynote address by Professor Rosemary Feurer of Northern Illinois University, as well as a roundtable.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 29, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference: Call for Applications
The time has come again to recruit women to attend the Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference. This year the school will.
- by Emily E. LB. Twarog
- January 25, 2018
Labor History
Labor History Today: January 14-20, 2018
This week’s labor history: Dr. Martin Luther King and organized labor; John F. Kennedy guarantees federal workers the right to join unions; how.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 25, 2018