PATCO strike of 1981: Reflections on Joseph McCartin’s Collision Course
In the wake of the continued disasters for workers rights in the last few years and the recent release of statistics suggesting that.
LAWCHA
LAWCHA
Lane Windham, “If not unions, then what?,” Baltimore Sun, January 28, 2013
LAWCHA member and University of Maryland College Park graduate student Lane Windham has published an opinion piece in the Baltimore Sun entitled “If.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 28, 2013
Events (Old)
Labor History
Chicago: New Models of Representation Conference
March 7, 2013. Registration required. This one-day conference is motivated by a provocative question: What happens when workers begin to act like unions.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 26, 2013
LAWCHA
Was Herbert Hill, NAACP’s Labor Secretary, an FBI informer?
Was Herbert Hill–the Labor Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for 25 years known for his fierce.
- by Trevor Griffey
- January 25, 2013
Call for Proposals
Labor History
CFP: The Paterson Silk Strike Centennial Conference, 1913-2013 (Deadline: March 1, 2013)
The William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPUNJ) is seeking papers for its upcoming conference commemorating the centennial of the 1913 Paterson Silk.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 24, 2013
Labor History
Opportunity
Lioneld Jordan Fellowship in Arkansas Labor and Working-Class History
LAWCHA member Michael C. Pierce passes along a notice about an opportunity to study labor and working-class history in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Lioneld.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 22, 2013
LAWCHA
“Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”: Marking the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people converged at the Lincoln Memorial in a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The.
- by Clarence Lang
- January 19, 2013
Labor History
LAWCHA
OpEd
Reminder: Gutman Prize Deadline in Two Weeks (January 31st)
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- by Ryan Poe
- January 16, 2013
International Conference
Labor History
CFP: European Social History Conference (deadline: May 15)
Registration for ESSHC 2014 is now open. The European Social Science History Conference is organized by the International Institute of Social History (IISH),.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 15, 2013
Global Affairs Articles
LAWCHA
Alex Lichtenstein on Marikana: A View From the Mountain and a Case to Answer
In the September 1 edition of LARB, historian Alex Lichtenstein examined the background of the massacre of striking miners at Marikana, looking closely.
- by Ryan Poe
- January 15, 2013