Robert Zieger, 1938 – 2013
LAWCHA mourns the loss of one of its founding members, Bob Zieger. Bob was one of LAWCHA’s first ever board members and has.
In Memoriam
OpEd
Anna Lane Windham, “Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night”
The Beatles first visited Detroit just before Labor Day in 1964, and they gushed with admiration for the Motown sound. Detroit hummed with.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 28, 2013
LAWCHA
“Union Makes Us Strong” CD a great resource for labor historians
Peter K. Siegel and Eli Smith, two musician-activists, have done the labor history field a huge favor by recording a set of important.
- by Steve Brier
- August 28, 2013
OpEd
Martin J. Bennett, “AB 10: Time is Ripe for California to Raise the Minimum Wage”
The New York Times recently characterized the economic recovery that officially began in 2009 as a “golden era for corporate profits.” Indeed, corporate.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 26, 2013
LAWCHA
Teaching about Collective Bargaining–the case of Flint Michigan
This summer I had the privilege of co-coordinating an NEH Landmark grant at one of the Great Camps in the Adirondacks. Over a.
- by Randi Storch
- August 24, 2013
OpEd
Michael Honey, “Decent Jobs, Housing, and Education: MLK’s Still Elusive Dream”
A quarter of a million people rallied “For Jobs and Freedom” at the Lincoln Monument in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, and.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 23, 2013
LAWCHA
Working Class Access to Education Blocked by Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College has officially announced plans to end the Urban Policy & Administration (UPA) program at the Graduate Center for Workers Education (GCWE)..
- by John Alter
- August 21, 2013
Call for Proposals
CISH Congress Session, Jinan, “Commodifying Home Labor: Domestic Work Over Time” (Deadline: Nov. 30)
ST 28 “Commodifying Home Labor: Domestic Work Over Time” (Specialized theme). Cooking, cleaning, and caring are not naturally the work of women, but.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 20, 2013
Call for Proposals
Special Issue of ILWCH on Histories of Domestic Labor: Resistance and Organization (Deadline: November 15)
Guest Editors: Eileen Boris and Premilla Nadasen. This special issue of ILWCH will bring together historical research and writing on paid private household.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- August 19, 2013
LAWCHA
“Opportunities for Defiance”: Embracing Guerilla History and Moving Beyond Scott Walker’s Wisconsin
This long submission is an essay submitted originally to Labor: Working Class Studies of the Americas from graduate students at the University of.
- by Beth Robinson
- August 16, 2013