Eileen Boris, “The Decades of History Behind Arguments Made by President Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick,” Time, February 7, 2017
The Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. CEO is sure to be grilled by the Senate on his past statements about the rejection of higher.
LAWCHA
LAWCHA statement opposing Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor
The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) strongly opposes the nomination of Andrew Puzder for the position of Secretary of Labor. We believe.
- by LAWCHA Executive Committee
- February 14, 2017
Labor History
LAWCHA
LAWCHA statement opposing Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor
The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) strongly opposes the nomination of Andrew Puzder for the position of Secretary of Labor. We believe.
- by LAWCHA Executive Committee
- February 14, 2017
LAWCHA
Is the Worst Yet to Come for Unions?
With the decline of good paying jobs in the private sector, public employment has been particularly important for working-class people. These state and.
- by John Russo
- February 6, 2017
Call for Proposals
LRAN 2017 CFP: Washington, D.C.
The 2017 Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) national conference will be held Thursday, June 8th and Friday, June 9th at Howard University.
- by Lane Windham
- February 6, 2017
Activism
LAWCHA
LAWCHA joins AHA statement condemning travel ban executive order
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 1, 2017
LAWCHA
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.
- by Steve Thornton
- January 21, 2017
LAWCHA
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 Rosemary Feurer
- January 20, 2017
LAWCHA
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