NALHC: Labor, Law, and Progressive Activism (CFP Deadline: April 30)
October 22-24, 2015, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. 37th Annual North American Labor History Conference. The Program Committee of the NALHC, an international.
Events (Old)
Women and Social Movements at the OAH
Saturday, April 18, 12:20pm-1:50pm in Landmark 6 room at the Renaissance Grand. The Women and Social Movements websites and Alexander Street Press will.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 19, 2015
LAWCHA
Registration Open for the LAWCHA Conference, “Fighting Inequality”
Registration is now open for the 2015 LAWCHA Conference, “Fighting Inequality: Class, Race, and Power.”
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 17, 2015
Events (Old)
Celebrate, Honor, Act: 2015 PNLHA Conference
May 1-3, 2015. Seattle, Washington. The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association is having its 2015 Conference in May, in Seattle-Tacoma. The program is.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 11, 2015
LAWCHA
People
Camille Guérin-Gonzales, 1945-2015
Camille Guérin-Gonzales, a founding member of LAWCHA, former board member, and one of the stalwarts of the LAWCHA Landmark Committee, whose work was.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 4, 2015
Events (Old)
Organizing for Power and Workers’ Rights in the 21st Century
On March 5, 2015, the Center for the History of the New America at the University of Maryland will host a symposium exploring.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 25, 2015
Action Alerts
Activism
(Wisconsin) Rallies Planned to Fight ‘Right-to-Work’ Law
12:00 p.m. Tuesday February 24 and 12:00 p.m. Wednesday February 25, State Street Side of the Capitol. The Senate Committee on Labor and.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 23, 2015
OpEd
Mark Brenner, “Dockworkers deserve plaudits: Opposing view,” USA Today (February 19, 2015)
Dockworkers up and down the West Coast are practically drowning in crocodile tears. Newfound concern for workers across the economy has everyone from.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 23, 2015
Labor History
OpEd
Jim Gregory, “Seattle’s Left Coast Formula,” Dissent (Winter, 2015)
Contemporary Seattle is a city with a dual personality. On one hand, a dramatic building boom is underway. Towering cranes crowd the skyline.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 16, 2015
Labor History
Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike
Tired of reductions in pay and jobs, increased workloads, and harassment of United Automobile Workers organizers, on December 30, 1936 automotive workers in.
- by The Walter P. Reuther Library
- February 15, 2015