Protest, Politics and Policing: What Bayard Rustin Could Tell the Ferguson-Garner Movement
“I can’t breathe” actions in street crossings, sports fields and other civic spaces have blown new life into civil rights public history. Demonstrators.
LAWCHA
OpEd
Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “History Shows How 2 Million Workers Lost Rights,” Time
Over the last year, the nation has seen a tumultuous wave of low-wage workers contesting terms of employment that perpetually leave them impoverished.
- by Eileen Boris
- January 14, 2015
LAWCHA
LAWCHA Session at the 2015 AHA: “From the Frontlines with New York Labor: What Is Working?”
Historians and activists gathered at the Murphy Institute on Friday, January 2nd for a LAWCHA event: “From the Frontlines with New York Labor:.
- by Lara Vapnek
- January 13, 2015
Events (Old)
The American Labor Movement at a Crossroads: New Thinking, New Organizing, New Strategies
January 15, 2015. Washington, DC. After three decades of declining union density in the private sector and years of all-out political assaults on.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 6, 2015
LAWCHA
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.
- by Henry Berger
- December 19, 2014
Events (Old)
LAWCHA
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 15, 2014
Labor History
LAWCHA
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.
- by Peter Rachleff
- December 15, 2014
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 9, 2014
Labor History
LAWCHA
Teaching Blog
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 9, 2014
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 20, 2014