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Ferguson and Emerson Electric: The Paradox of Imperial Reach

Six weeks following the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Emerson Electric Chairman and CEO, Michael Farr, unveiled the corporation’s $1.5.

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From the Frontlines with New York Labor: What Is Working?

January 2, 4-7pm in New York City, at the Murphy Institute. Please join us for a panel discussion on exciting current organizing strategies.

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Long Time LAWCHA Activist Undertakes Building a New Institution Devoted to Working Class History

A year and a half ago, I left Macalester College after a three decades-long career. I decided that it’s time to devote myself.

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Labor History

Bill Barry, “Workers vs. Undocumented Immigrants: The Politics of Divide & Conquer”

Former labor organizer Bill Barry discusses the tenuous relationship between the working class and undocumented workers, and the forces that keep these groups.

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Launch of LAWCHA’s Teacher/Public Sector Initiative

Today we launch the teachers/public sector toolkit, a set of resources that we hope will contribute to dialog on teacher and public sector.

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Call for Proposals

UALE Conference 2015, Local to Global: Working in a Changing World

Deadline: December 19, 2014. The United Association for Labor Education (UALE) invites labor educators, community organizers, organizers based in worker centers, and others committed.

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The Days of Action: The Character of Class Struggle in 1990s Ontario

Illustrated by Orion Keresztesi, written by Doug Nesbitt and Sean Carleton, and augmented by an introduction by David Camfield, The Days of Action.

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Opportunity

Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations Dean Opening

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the School of Management and Labor.

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LAWCHA People

James Green: Labor Festival Talk, Upcoming Book, and PBS Series

James Green, a past president of LAWCHA, delivered the keynote address at this year’s Mother Jones Festival in Cork, Ireland, a four-day community-organized.

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Herbert G. Gutman Dissertation Prize, Submissions Due January 3rd, 2015

The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce this year’s Herbert Gutman Dissertation Prize, established with the cooperation with.

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