Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, “Revaluing the Labor of Care”
They were to be neither nurses nor maids, but front-line careworkers whose efforts allowed frail elderly and disabled people to remain at home..
Call for Proposals
Food and Work (Deadline: October 1)
Susan Levine and Steve Striffler send a call for papers for a special issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 18, 2013
Labor History
Who Built Our Capitol? The Lives and Work of the Men and Women Who Built the Minnesota State Capitol Building
On July 27, 1898 marching bands led thousands of people to the highest point in downtown St Paul, Minnesota. Columns of veterans, stonecutters.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 18, 2013
Call for Proposals
Labor and Empire Small Conference
The journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas invites paper submissions for its upcoming conference–tentatively slotted for November 13-15, 2014 in.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 17, 2013
LAWCHA
Volkswagen, Chattanooga and the Long History of Union Avoidance
A number of Tennessee’s politicians and business leaders are baffled and frustrated that autoworkers at Chattanooga’s sizable, $1 billon Volkswagen plant may force.
- by Chad Pearson
- September 17, 2013
Labor History
New Gravestone for Harry Kelly (1871-1953)
LAWCHA member Nathan Jun is interested in acquiring a new marker for the grave of our departed comrade Harry Kelly (1871-1953) at Forest.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 11, 2013
LAWCHA
Labor History Songs CD full of old favorites
The Union Makes Us Strong by Peter K. Siegel and Eli Smith is a wonderful collection of old favorites, enlivened by some fancy.
- by Paul Buhle
- September 7, 2013
Events (Old)
Organize the South or Die: Why the South Matters to the Future of Labor
Session at the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 10 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. As the AFL-CIO and its affiliates.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 5, 2013
OpEd
Emily Twarog, “Today’s workers need better deal,” Chicago Sun-Times OpEd
I worked in the food service for a total of 15 years, in every possible job classification. During that time, I worked at.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 4, 2013
LAWCHA
New Deal Era Labor Art Explored in Collaborative Project
Labor and New Deal Art: the Commemoration of the Little Steel Strike of 1937 is a wonderful resource for labor historians and teachers,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 31, 2013