Labor and the Long Seventies
In the tumultuous 1970s, women and people of color streamed into unions, strikes swept the country — and employers launched a fierce counter-attack..
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Lecturers on Strike
University lecturers in the UK will walk off tomorrow in the largest-ever strike called in British higher education. Eric Fure-Slocumwp.stolaf.edu/history/people/fure-slocum-eric/
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- February 26, 2018
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New Book Interviews
Keisha Blain on Her New Book, Set the World on Fire
LaborOnline’s monthly series on new books in labor and working-class history continues. Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the.
- by Jacob Remes
- February 19, 2018
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Stamford Workers Show How to Transform Our Unions and Rebuild the Labor Movement
Chad Pearson: Andrew Tillett-Saks has given LAWCHA permission to re-publish this inspiring essay from Truthout. It is an excellent reminder of the long.
- by Andrew Tillet-Saks
- February 15, 2018
Labor History
Labor History Today: Week of February 4, 2018
Union City’s Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Lane Windham and Julie Greene. Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 12, 2018
Labor History
Rethinking the American Labor Movement with Liz Faue
Liz Faue’s new book, Rethinking the American Labor Movement, is our field’s newest attempt to reinterpret U.S. Labor History. I asked her a.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 8, 2018
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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..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 8, 2018
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 Rosemary Feurer
- February 7, 2018
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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
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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