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.
Call for Proposals
MLWCH CFP Deadline Extension and Conference Date Change
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
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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
Articles
Peter Cole, “An Irresistible Force”: Longshore unions and the fight for freedom and justice in Palestine
Before dawn one Sunday in June 2010, nearly 1,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland in northern California. Following a well-devised plan,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 7, 2013
Activism
Global Affairs Articles
Letter of Support for Mexican Intellectual Edur Velasco Arregui
Please see the following call to action passed along to us by Richard Roman and LAWCHA member Manny Ness. Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 5, 2013