Visualizing the 2012 LAWCHA Membership
Ever wondered where LAWCHA members were located? Thanks to BatchGeo and Google Maps, we can now visualize our membership on a map. Ryan.
Labor History
Our Man in Rio: Leon Fink Reports on Inspiring Conference
From November 27 to November 30, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending the Second International “Worlds of Labor” conference—effectively the Brazilian labor.
- by Leon Fink
- December 11, 2012
LAWCHA
Right to Work a Man to Death
In 1958, an Indianapolis woman named Patricia Bolen wrote a letter to the Indianapolis Star about how Indiana’s right-to-work law affected her husband:.
- by Erik Loomis
- December 8, 2012
LAWCHA
The 47 Percent, Reconsidered
No, this isn’t another commentary on Mitt Romney’s denunciations of the so-called “47 percent” of Americans who, according to him, freeload off the.
- by Clarence Lang
- December 1, 2012
Call for Proposals
Events (Old)
“Labor Under Attack,” PNLHA Conference
The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association’s Annual Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, from May 3-5, 2013. It is entitled, “Labor Under.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 30, 2012
LAWCHA
Brandworkers Fanning the Flames, Wobbly-Style
Often, academics research and teach about problems that need fixing without engaging with activists on the proverbial front lines. Often, younger activists remain.
- by Peter Cole
- November 24, 2012
Labor History
People
Remembering Al Young, by Leon Fink & Jesse Lemisch
Alfred F. Young, a pioneer of the “new labor history,” noted social historian of the early American nation, and a founding editor of.
- by Leon Fink
- November 16, 2012
LAWCHA
Follow LaborOnline on Twitter, @LaborOnline
As you can see in the right-hand column, LaborOnline now has an active twitter account, LaborOnline. We will be using it to tweet.
- by Ryan Poe
- November 15, 2012
LAWCHA
Labor, Environmentalism, and Climate Change
Driving across western Pennsylvania recently, I was struck by the number of yard signs decrying President Obama’s “War on Coal.” The Appalachian coal.
- by Erik Loomis
- November 15, 2012