Michael Honey, “Who stole the American dream and how can we get it back?”
We recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington for Jobs.
Call for Proposals
LRAN New Scholars Research Grants (Deadline: December 15)
The Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) connects workers’ rights organizations, academics and students with the shared goal of building workplace and economic.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 21, 2013
OpEd
Peter Cole, “Don’t weaken fair labor standards”
Anyone care to return to the days of child labor? How about the times when employers did not have to pay a minimum.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 18, 2013
Call for Proposals
MLWCH CFP Deadline Extension and Conference Date Change
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- by Ryan Poe
- November 14, 2013
LAWCHA
A Bright Light in Dark Times: CTU struggle explored in Labor
State University of New York employees are reeling from the union contract negotiated between the faculty union (the United University Professions) and the.
- by Randi Storch
- November 14, 2013
Articles
Lisha Arino, “Lakeshore Museum Center traveling exhibit to focus on Mexican migrant worker program”
The Lakeshore Museum will host a traveling exhibit that focuses on the largest Mexican guest-worker program in U.S. history. Visitors can learn about.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 13, 2013
LAWCHA
Race, Class, Labor, and the (Not So) Incognito Controversy
I’ve long appreciated how athletics mirror and shape broader social relations (Consider, for instance, C.L.R. James’s Beyond a Boundary, which famously approached cricket.
- by Clarence Lang
- November 12, 2013
Articles
Peter Rachleff, “Struggle against racist sports nicknames gives labor movement opportunity to discover its own history – and find a path forward”
In early September the AFL-CIO held a dramatic convention in Los Angeles. With the labor movement’s segment of the U.S. workforce down to.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 11, 2013
Call for Proposals
Events (Old)
“The Nature of Work”: 36th Annual North American Labor History Conference
October 16-18, 2014, Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) The Program Committee of the NALHC, an international conference with global perspectives, invites proposals for.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 11, 2013
LAWCHA
Let’s Call Tuesday a Victory for the Labor Movement As Well
Labor rights were not on the line during this off-year election cycle, at least in the traditional sense. But there were still some.
- by Elizabeth Shermer
- November 10, 2013