The Red Scare and Radical Unionism
One hundred years ago this November, a small army of federal agents, backed by police and vigilantes, launched the first of a series.
LAWCHA
LAWCHA
Research on Graduate Assistants & Right to Unionize Challenges NLRB proposed rule
On November 20, 2019, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, City University of.
- by William Herbert
- November 27, 2019
Call for Proposals
LAWCHA
CFP: OAH 2020 Travel Grants
LAWCHA is proud to be able to offer eight travel grants ($300) to students, contingent faculty, and independent scholars presenting at the 2020 OAH in Washington.
- by Julie Greene
- November 23, 2019
LAWCHA
Los trabajadores y la lucha por la justicia social en el Chile neoliberal
Los derechos y las condiciones de trabajo han estado en el centro de la lucha por la justicia social que se mantiene hoy.
- by Angela Vergara
- November 19, 2019
LAWCHA
White Middle-Class Racism
What do you picture when someone refers to the “Trump’s base”? If you’ve watched television coverage of his rallies or read any of.
- by Sherry Linkon
- November 17, 2019
Labor History
LaborOnline
Sanders or Warren? Populist-Progressivism or New Deal? Take Your Pick!
Political commentators regularly identify both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as populists. Labor historian Leon Fink dives into the debate over their roots..
- by Leon Fink
- November 13, 2019
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Events
Opportunity
OAH 2020 – Contingent Faculty Workshop, Reduced Registration Fee, and Travel Grants
Contingent faculty are encouraged to attend a workshop – “Non-Tenure Track Faculty on Teaching” – on April 2, 2020, 6-9pm, at the Organization.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- November 6, 2019
Call for Proposals
“While There Is A Soul In Prison, I Am Not Free”: The History of Solidarity in Social and Economic Justice
In 1918, the American labor organizer and socialist leader Eugene Victor Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for his anti-war activities.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 6, 2019
Call for Proposals
The Past is Always Present: PCB-AHA Annual Meeting
The 2020 PCB-AHA conference encourages participants to think about and discuss how historical knowledge and interpretation—of the distant as well as immediate past—advances.
- by Liesl Orenic
- October 1, 2019
Call for Proposals
Opportunity
Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation: Deadline December 2
The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its annual Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class.
- by Julie Greene
- September 4, 2019