Is Solidarity Possible?: Cops Are Workers Too
When railroad mogul Jay Gould beat the Knights of Labor in 1886, he revealed his strategy. “I can hire one half of the.
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Every Part of Us Has Parts
There are moments when we middle-class professionals, or at least the progressive part of us, recognize our blindness.
- by Jack Metzgar
- January 20, 2017
Call for Proposals
39th Annual North American Labor History Conference: CFP (Deadline – May 1)
October 19-21, 2017, Wayne State University, Detroit. The Program Committee of the North American Labor History Conference (NALHC), an international conference with a.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 20, 2017
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The Origins of Right-to-Work: Vance Muse, Anti-Semitism, and the Maintenance of Jim Crow Labor Relations
As Kentucky legislators pass a measure outlawing the union shop and Missouri’s General Assembly contemplates doing the same, it is worth remembering that.
- by Michael Pierce
- January 12, 2017
Activism
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
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LAWCHA Statement on Collective Bargaining for All Faculty
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) applauds and endorses the Organization of American Historians (OAH) “Statement on Collective Bargaining and Part-Time,.
- by LAWCHA Board of Directors
- December 17, 2016
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Empowering Migrant Workers in Global Supply Chains
Many of the more than 150 million migrant workers around the world endure abusive conditions—and one of the most exploitative phases of transnational.
- by Tula Connell
- December 16, 2016
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Everyday Encounters: Antagonism in the Sharing Economy
Contemporary service industry jobs, many of them tied to the sharing economy, affect both workers and customers. As Diane Negra and John Russo.
- by Diane Negra
- December 15, 2016
Labor History
The Jewish Role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
The most radical and militant union in American history was the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) colloquially known as the Wobblies. Although.
- by Bennett Muraskin
- December 5, 2016
Labor History
Collection Spotlight: UAW Local 174 Mural
In 1937, United Auto Workers Local 174 sponsored the creation of a series of murals to enliven their Union Hall and celebrate their.
- by The Walter P. Reuther Library
- November 30, 2016
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Deindustrialisation, Deregulation, and Division: The Case of Shirebrook and Sports Direct
Deindustrialisation has ravaged areas of the English North and Midlands, areas that are also some of the hardest hit by successive governments’ programs.
- by James Pattison
- November 29, 2016