NAFTA’s Long Shadow: Where immigration and economic policy meet
Congressional Democrats and Republicans regularly play the blame game about why there’s no immigration reform. But each party fails to point the finger.
OpEd
LAWCHA
Making America White Again: Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio
Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, was a major set-back for immigrant and human rights activists who.
- by Mary Romero
- January 9, 2018
Labor History
A Special Relationship? A public exhibition about ties between British and American labour from the TUC Library
The Trades Union Congress Library is about to open a new exhibition, Labour’s Special Relationship?, about historic ties between the British and American.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 9, 2018
OpEd
The GOP Tax Bill Could Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Why doesn’t the GOP seem to care that its tax bill will drive up the deficit by $1.5 trillion? After all, for most.
- by Nancy MacLean
- January 8, 2018
Labor History
Join Us in Celebrating and Sustaining the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum has just finished its third year open in Matewan, and what a year it was. Louis Martin
- by Louis Martin
- December 22, 2017
LAWCHA
Working-Class Women Unionists on the Front Lines
On November 16, 2017, thousands of construction workers walked off their job sites to march through central Sydney in protest against laws designed.
- by Sarah Attfield
- December 15, 2017
LAWCHA
#MeToo Solidarity
Sexual harassment is both a labor and gender justice issue. After all, the workplace is the epicenter of women’s recent outrage about sexual.
- by Lane Windham
- December 6, 2017
Articles
Marxism Beyond the Economy and Exploitation Beyond the Wage, Eva-Maria Swidler
Since its inception Marxism has largely operated with a narrow definition of the economy which closely resembles capitalism’s own, focusing on wage labor.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 6, 2017
LAWCHA
People
Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin
Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her new book Gateway to Equality: Black.
- by Candace Borders
- December 2, 2017
LAWCHA
LAWCHA 2017-18 Newsletter Now Available!
Our 2017-2018 newsletter is now available. It is in the mail if you are a LAWCHA member, or if you prefer, you can.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 29, 2017