LAWCHA Conference: Registration Now LIVE
Conference goers can now register for early registration to the 2013 LAWCHA Conference, “Rights, Solidarity, and Justice,” taking place in New York City.
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1877 Railroad Strike Historical Marker Unveiling — Baltimore, Saturday, March 23
As LAWCHA members know, contemporary unionism is almost invisible—union members usually don’t show T-shirts or bumper stickers and certainly not yard signs proclaiming.
- by Bill Barry
- March 4, 2013
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Labor History
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1877 Railroad Strike Historical Marker Unveiling, Saturday March 23, Baltimore
The state of Maryland accepted LAWCHA member Bill Barry’s proposal for a historical marker at Camden Yards to celebrate the railroad strikers of.
- by Ryan Poe
- March 3, 2013
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The AFL-CIO and Keystone XL Pipeline
On Tuesday, the AFL-CIO Executive Council approved a Statement on Energy and Jobs that effectively endorsed the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline..
- by Erik Loomis
- February 28, 2013
LAWCHA
Time to Stop Beating Our Heads Against the Politics of Labor Law Reform
Is private sector labor law reform the most futile project of the last seventy-five years? Despite the desperate need for a functioning labor.
- by Jefferson Cowie
- February 26, 2013
LAWCHA
The End of Cod
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to check out Cape Cod in the winter. It was pretty great, even if cold. On.
- by Erik Loomis
- February 18, 2013
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Labor History
More Than A Labor of Love: The Work of Home Care
February 22 at 6:30pm in San Francisco, California. Presented by Eileen Boris with organizing updates by Sylvia Lopez and Dalia Rubiano (Mujeres Unidas.
- by Ryan Poe
- February 16, 2013
LAWCHA
Black History in the Glare of the Second Obama Administration
It may be clichéd to remark that the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama, and his historic re-election, were momentous events not only.
- by Clarence Lang
- February 15, 2013
LAWCHA
Senator Harkin comments on Obama’s labor problem
Senator Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) comments about President Obama’s State of the Union Address seemed to be channeling one of this blog’s recent commentaries.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 13, 2013
LAWCHA
Some Thoughts on Retrying the Haymarket Martyrs
Editor’s note: The conservative journal National Review recently gave this blog and the journal Labor: Working Class History of the Americas a blast.
- by Bryan Palmer
- February 11, 2013