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.
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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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)
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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 Rosemary Feurer
- January 15, 2013
LAWCHA
Anthony DeStefanis Board Profile (Correction from Official Ballot)
I, Ryan Poe, mistakenly left off two full paragraphs of Anthony DeStefanis’ bio on the LAWCHA board member election ballots. Myself and the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 5, 2013
LAWCHA
OpEd
Linda Gordon, “Juicing up the labor movement? Try speaking to women’s issues,” UAW News, December 27, 2012
On Dec. 11 Michigan passed two right-to-work laws, one for public and one for private employees. As even our president said, they mean.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 5, 2013