MLK’s ’68 struggle for economic justice still marching on
On Feb. 1, 1968, Echol Cole and Robert Walker were crushed to death while riding out a cold, driving rainstorm in the back.
OpEd
LAWCHA
A Tale of Two Futures: The Fate of the Dollar General Economy
Dollar General is everywhere. The most visible manifestation, of course, is the proliferation of their concrete block stores littering the landscape. But it’s.
- by Daniel Graff
- March 19, 2018
LAWCHA
Billy Graham and the Evangelical Origins of Organized Labor
When I heard over breakfast that Billy Graham had died, the news ricocheted around my mind and stirred up lots of memories. The.
- by Ken Estey
- March 13, 2018
LAWCHA
How Might We Teach the History of Labor Journalism?
“The Labor Beat,” the new issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History guest-edited by Max Fraser and me, focuses on labor journalism’s past.
- by Christopher Phelps
- March 13, 2018
Film & Video
LAWCHA
Heather Booth – Changing the World: New Film Available on Women’s and Civil Rights Activist
Do you have activist students who have questions about how best to build a life around making social change? Do you want to.
- by Lane Windham
- March 12, 2018
LAWCHA
People
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.
- by Chris Brooks
- March 5, 2018
Activism
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Teaching Blog
Lecturers on Strike
University lecturers in the UK will walk off tomorrow in the largest-ever strike called in British higher education.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- February 26, 2018
LAWCHA
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
Labor History
LaborOnline
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 12, 2018