Conor Casey and Evangeline Urcia on We Do the Work: Filipino American activist, poet, writer, and worker Carlos Bulosan
The latest episode of the Labor Archives of Washington’s regular segment on the KSVR radio show We Do the Work is now streaming.
Labor History
OpEd
Labor History
Community Connections: Inreach and Outreach as Archival Advocacy Activities
Advocacy activities articulating the value of archives can be an important component of inreach and outreach activities. Effective advocacy requires that archivists make.
- by Conor Casey
- June 2, 2017
Call for Proposals
Opportunity
Reed Fink Award deadline extended to May 31
Application for Reed Fink Award has been extended to May 31. One or more fellowship(s) of at least $250 are awarded annually to.
- by Lane Windham
- May 29, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
OpEd
Podcast with Jen Klein: Fighting for graduate student unions at Yale
A group of Yale graduate students are protesting their labor conditions as teachers. They are demanding the administration recognize them as a union.
- by Jennifer Klein
- May 29, 2017
Call for Proposals
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Call for Proposals: 45th Annual Conference for the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions
The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, City University of New York, invites.
- by Ryan Poe
- May 29, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
OpEd
Why Yale Graduate Students Are on a Hunger Strike, by Jennifer Klein, New York Times (May 9, 2017)
Two weeks ago, Yale graduate student teachers began a hunger strike to pressure the school to negotiate with their union. Eight committed to.
- by Jennifer Klein
- May 16, 2017
In Memoriam
Judith Stein, 1940-2017
It is with a heavy heart that I forward the news that Judith Stein has passed away after a long struggle with cancer..
- by James Gregory
- May 16, 2017
LAWCHA
Will the British Working Class Stand Up and Fight Back?
I spent my teenage years in 1980s Thatcher’s Britain. Working-class people struggled in a grim environment. Three million people were unemployed, local services.
- by Sarah Attfield
- May 15, 2017
LAWCHA
Collection Spotlight: Collective Bargaining Agreements Online
The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in Cornell University’s ILR School is pleased to announce the digitization of over 2800 collective.
- by Kheel Center
- May 9, 2017
LAWCHA
Mr. Trump and the Super-Person Tax Rate
Working people who felt forgotten or ignored by the government voted for a change. What used to be a fairly solid voting block.
- by David Obringer
- May 9, 2017