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Labor historian Bob Korstad on “why I chose to be arrested”
On May 6, Bob Korstad joined civil rights activists, 2 former presidents of the Organization of American Historians and other concerned citizens to.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 13, 2013
LAWCHA
Howard Zinn’s Greatest Error
Shortly after Howard Zinn’s death in January 2010, the Occupy movement took to the streets, many of its most vocal proponents brandishing his.
- by Mark Lause
- May 9, 2013
Events (Old)
Labor History
OpEd
History of Capitalism Summer Camp, Cornell University
July 14-25. Join 25 other historians and get the skills you need to understand economic theory, interpret quantitative sources, make sense of corporate.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 8, 2013
LAWCHA
Postindustrial Noir: Assessing The Wire
Editors Note: Duke University Press allows us free access to one selected journal article or forum published in each issue of Labor: Working.
- by Peter Cole
- May 4, 2013
LAWCHA
Sharpen Your Pencils and Your Pitchforks
The battle against teachers and their unions seemed to crescendo last year during Chicago’s teacher strike. The mainstream media had a field day.
- by Randi Storch
- May 1, 2013
LAWCHA
Workers’ Memorial Day Reflections
As I write this it’s Workers’ Memorial Day, an event that barely gets a blip on the media screens. But it brought to.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 29, 2013
LAWCHA
Expertise Needed: Inter-Union and Federation-Level Organizing: New and Forgotten Methods
The AFL-CIO has formed a committee of labor historians to prepare a document to help them think about the future of organized labor..
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 17, 2013
Labor History
Last Call for LRAN Travel Funding (Deadline: April 26)
Last call for LRAN conference travel funding! We are still accepting requests for travel funding for the LRAN conference. For all grad students,.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 16, 2013