Colin Gordon, A Map To The Roots Of Ferguson’s Civic Unrest, on NPR
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/26/343484238/a-map-to-the-roots-of-fergusons-civic-unrest
LAWCHA
Michael Sacco on Steve Early’s Save Our Unions
Labor law is outdated and rotten in the US, corporations have an inordinate amount of power, so it is rare that unions win.
- by Michael Sacco
- August 28, 2014
LAWCHA
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.
- by James Barrett
- August 24, 2014
LAWCHA
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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- August 9, 2014
LAWCHA
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