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.
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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 Ryan Poe
- November 29, 2017
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Social Class and Trump Voters
Politico’s Michael Kruse visited my hometown earlier this month to get a look at “one of the long-forgotten, woebegone spots in the middle.
- by Jack Metzgar
- November 28, 2017
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Smash Up Derby podcast
Earlier this year, my friend Sam Smucker and I started the Smash Up Derby podcast – a podcast about “working class politics.” By.
- by Jonathan Kissam
- November 28, 2017
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New Book Interviews
Blake Perkins on His New Book, Hillbilly Hellraisers
Our monthly series on new books in labor and working-class history continues with J. Blake Perkins’s new book Hillbilly Hellraisers: Federal Power and Populist.
- by Jacob Remes
- November 27, 2017
Opportunity
Opportunity: Instructor at Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center (LERC)
The Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) is a state-wide program that combines teaching, research, and public service to improve the lives of.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 16, 2017
Opportunity
Opportunity: Labor Policy Research Assistant/Associate at Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center (LERC)
LERC will be hiring for one position at the research assistant or research associate level, depending on education and experience. This non-tenure track.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 15, 2017
Labor History
Hope in the Heartland: The Struggle for Public-Sector Collective Bargaining in Iowa
In November 2016, Iowa Republicans erased a slim Democratic majority in that state’s Senate, giving the party “trifecta” control of both houses of.
- by Colin Gordon
- November 15, 2017
Labor History
GOP Law Fails to Break Iowa’s Largest Public-Sector Unions
One of the most transparent union-busting provisions of Iowa’s new collective bargaining law has failed to significantly reduce the number of workers covered.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 8, 2017
Call for Proposals
Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized: Midwest Labor and Working Class History Colloquium 2018
We welcome scholars from any discipline interested in presenting on topics that fit the theme, broadly defined. The colloquium is open to scholars,.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 8, 2017