#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.
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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
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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
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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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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, John McKerley
- November 15, 2017