The Inside Story of a Shirtwaist Factory: Teaching Labor’s Story Update
Clare Lemlich has provided a new teaching resource for Teaching Labor’s Story. It is a primary source material lesson plan involving a magazine.
LAWCHA
Jake Altman on Socialism before Sanders
Our series of interviews with authors of new books in labor and working-class history continues. In this edition, Stephanie Riley interviewed Jake Altman.
- by Stephanie Riley
- December 5, 2019
LAWCHA
Jimmy Hoffa: Symbol of a Bygone Era
Jimmy Hoffa used to say he’d be forgotten ten years after his death. This was an uncharacteristically unintelligent judgment. Forty-four years after his.
- by Chris Wright
- December 2, 2019
LAWCHA
The Red Scare and Radical Unionism
One hundred years ago this November, a small army of federal agents, backed by police and vigilantes, launched the first of a series.
- by Ahmed White
- November 29, 2019
LAWCHA
Research on Graduate Assistants & Right to Unionize Challenges NLRB proposed rule
On November 20, 2019, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, City University of.
- by William Herbert
- November 27, 2019
Call for Proposals
LAWCHA
CFP: OAH 2020 Travel Grants
LAWCHA is proud to be able to offer eight travel grants ($300) to students, contingent faculty, and independent scholars presenting at the 2020 OAH in Washington.
- by Julie Greene
- November 23, 2019
LAWCHA
Los trabajadores y la lucha por la justicia social en el Chile neoliberal
Los derechos y las condiciones de trabajo han estado en el centro de la lucha por la justicia social que se mantiene hoy.
- by Angela Vergara
- November 19, 2019
LAWCHA
White Middle-Class Racism
What do you picture when someone refers to the “Trump’s base”? If you’ve watched television coverage of his rallies or read any of.
- by Sherry Linkon
- November 17, 2019
Labor History
LaborOnline
Sanders or Warren? Populist-Progressivism or New Deal? Take Your Pick!
Political commentators regularly identify both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as populists. Labor historian Leon Fink dives into the debate over their roots..
- by Leon Fink
- November 13, 2019
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Events
Opportunity
OAH 2020 – Contingent Faculty Workshop, Reduced Registration Fee, and Travel Grants
Contingent faculty are encouraged to attend a workshop – “Non-Tenure Track Faculty on Teaching” – on April 2, 2020, 6-9pm, at the Organization.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- November 6, 2019