Are Labor and Working-Class History Courses in Decline, or Healthier than We Imagined?
Are courses in labor and working-class history in higher education on the decline? If so, is this a particular problem, or part of.
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On Ferguson, Missouri: History, Protest, and “Respectability”
It is difficult to write about the situation in the black working-class community of Ferguson, Missouri, which began last week with the police.
- by Clarence Lang
- August 17, 2014
OpEd
Eladio Bobadilla, “Industrial Commission losses will hurt workers”
While the North Carolina General Assembly’s more obvious attacks on our state’s working families are by now well-known (and felt), the legislature’s leaders.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 13, 2014
Call for Proposals
Using History to Make Slavery History, (CFP Deadline: October 15)
This antislavery conference, building on its predecessor sponsored by Historians Against Slavery in 2013, is designed to facilitate dialogue, scholarship, and action in.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 12, 2014
Call for Proposals
SLSA Accepting Essay Submissions for the Robert H. Zieger Prize
The Southern Labor Studies Association (SLSA) announces the Robert H. Zieger Prize for the best essay in Southern Labor Studies. This prize has.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 12, 2014
Events (Old)
Justice in the Home: Domestic Work Past, Present, and Future
October 16, 2014, Barnard Center for Research on Women, New York, NY. This research conference on domestic workers and domestic worker organizing will.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 12, 2014
Call for Proposals
Opportunity
David Montgomery Book Award Seeking Submissions (Deadline: October 1)
The Organization of American Historians and the Labor and Working-Class History Association is currently seeking submissions for the 2015 David Montgomery Book Award.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 9, 2014
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AFSCME, the United Negro College Fund, and Koch Money – Meanings for the Black Public Sphere
Lee A. Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), recently announced that his union is severing ties.
- by Clarence Lang
- August 4, 2014
Events (Old)
Labor and the Women’s Movement: The Untold Story and Why It Matters
September 27, 2014. Veteran Feminists of America (VFA) will celebrate the contribution of labor women to the women’s movement at an event on.
- by Ryan Poe
- August 4, 2014
Events (Old)
NALHC: The Nature of Work
October 16-18, 2014. While the field of environmental history has provided new horizons within which to situate work and workers, this conference intends.
- by Ryan Poe
- July 25, 2014