Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “A shameful setback for home care worker rights”
On Monday in a 5–4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. Quinn that home care workers paid through Medicaid do.
OpEd
Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein on Harris v. Quinn
Harris v. Quinn shows as little respect for history as it does for women’s work. It distorts the status of thousands of homecare.
- by Ryan Poe
- July 3, 2014
LAWCHA
The Supreme Court’s War on Women, Workers, and the 99%
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued two 5-4 decisions. The first, Harris v. Quinn, ruled that home health care workers are partial state employees.
- by Erik Loomis
- July 2, 2014
Activism
Help Send Undocumented Student Leaders to Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th Conference
LAWCHA member Bethany Moreton asks all who are able to please donate to Freedom University’s effort to send its students to the 50th.
- by Ryan Poe
- June 25, 2014
LAWCHA
Made within/outside the EU: what’s the difference?
In a dormitory beside a railway station there are several hundred migrant workers getting ready for – or else just returning from –.
- by Rutvica Andrijasevic
- June 12, 2014
Events (Old)
Fighting Against War: Peace Activism in the Twentieth Century
February, 11-13, 2015 (CFP Deadline, July 31), University of Melbourne, Australia. Throughout the twentieth century, labour movement activists have been in the forefront.
- by Ryan Poe
- June 8, 2014
Labor History
Teaching Blog
Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality
Author Colin Gordon’s book, Growing Apart: A Political History of American Inequality is an online textbook that uses historical and economic analysis to.
- by Ryan Poe
- June 6, 2014
LAWCHA
LAWCHA Providing Funding for Regional Grad Student Labor Conferences
At our board meeting in Atlanta, LAWCWA voted to provide up to $250 to help support other regional graduate student-organized and run labor.
- by Ryan Poe
- June 5, 2014
People
Les Orear, Activist and Founder of Illinois Labor History Society (1911-2014)
Leslie Fray Orear, a union organizer for the United Packinghouse Workers of America, editor of its newspaper and co-founder and president emeritus of.
- by Liesl Orenic
- June 3, 2014
LAWCHA
A Memorial Day Exercise by Mark Lause
A few years back, I got to visit the grave of an uncle buried overseas. He had been happily married to a wonderful.
- by Mark Lause
- May 26, 2014