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.
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
LAWCHA
LAWCHA 2013 Newsletter
If you are a LAWCHA member, your hard copy of the 2013 Newsletter will arrive in the next few weeks! Until then, you.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 26, 2014
LAWCHA
The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives at Cornell University
This is the first entry of a series of blogs dedicated to discussing labor archives. Thanks to Conor Casey for organizing this series.
- by Patrizia Sione
- May 20, 2014
People
Leon Fink receives Sol Stetin Award for Labor History
Congratulations to Leon Fink who received Sidney Hillman Foundation’s gives 2014 Sol Stetin Award for Labor History.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 16, 2014
Events (Old)
Labour History Workshop, St. Catharines, Ontario
Sunday, May 25. The 2014 Labour History Workshop will be held in St. Catharines, Ontario, on Sunday, May 25, during this year’s Congress.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 12, 2014
Call for Proposals
People
SLSA is 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
- May 12, 2014
LAWCHA
John Montgomery Ward, a New York Giant: A Labor History
I doubt many my age can greet the end of school or the warm weather without thinking about baseball. When I was young,.
- by Mark Lause
- May 10, 2014
Call for Proposals
Events (Old)
Southern Labor Studies Association Conference Annual Conference
March 5-8, 2015. CFP Deadline: September 1, 2014. The Southern Labor Studies Association invites academics, activists, students, attorneys, public historians, archivists, and any.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 5, 2014
Labor History
Bill Barry Interviewed about May Day
Lucky Crosby, Chief Shop Steward, AFSCME Local 467 and Labor Historian Bill Barry discuss the history and current state of Baltimore’s workers movement.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 2, 2014