Australian-US Comparative and Transnational Labour History Conference
January 8-9, 2015. CFP deadline: April 15, 2014. The University of Sydney, Australia. Historians and other scholars have long recognized both similarities and.
LAWCHA
So the UAW Lost, What Can Be Done? Some History Lessons.
In the aftermath of the UAW loss in the Volkswagen union election in Tennessee, declarations of “A Titanic Defeat” echo across the blogosphere..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 16, 2014
LAWCHA
Remember a President for Free Labor
Reflections about the importance of workers power in American aspirations seem particularly appropriate at the approach of this President’s Day–that holiday formed by.
- by Mark Lause
- February 15, 2014
OpEd
Lane Windham, “VW workers not first Southern auto workers to face choice on union”
All eyes are on Chattanooga, Tenn. as 1,500 Volkswagen workers file into voting booths this week to determine whether they will be represented.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 14, 2014
LAWCHA
Leftwing cartoons and comics offer unique view of mid 20th century
This new book of political cartoons, In an Era of Wars and Revolutions: American Socialist Cartoons of the Mid-Twentieth Century, edited by Sean.
- by Paul Buhle
- February 13, 2014
OpEd
Peter Rachleff, “The movement that sings for freedom”
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 10, 2014
LAWCHA
UIC United Faculty on Front Lines of Crisis in Higher Ed
University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty (UICUF) have announced that they will launch a 2 day strike Feb 18 and 19. In the Fall,.
- by Elizabeth Shermer
- February 5, 2014
Labor History
Pete Seeger, A Voice for Social Justice (1919-2014)
LAWCHA remembers legendary folk singer and activist, Pete Seeger, who passed away on January 27, 2014. Seeger captivated multiple generations of activists through.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 5, 2014
OpEd
Lane Windham, “Why Alt-Labor Groups Are Making Employers Mighty Nervous”
A growing minimum wage movement indicates that despite low union membership statistics, labor’s future isn’t as dire as some in the business world.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 30, 2014
LAWCHA
The Elk River Spill — Capitalism at its “best”
On the morning of Thursday, January 9, 2014, 7500 gallons of a coal cleaning chemical known as Crude MCHM (principally composed of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol).
- by Gordon Simmons
- January 30, 2014