“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.
LAWCHA
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
LAWCHA
OpEd
Peter Cole, “Behind the Longshoremen’s Strike Threat,” The Progressive, December 29
“Just days before year’s end, a growing chorus of retailers, manufacturers, and conservative politicians called on President Obama to invoke a notorious anti-union.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 3, 2013
LAWCHA
A Dialogue on History of Capitalism vs. Labor History
Jefferson Cowie (JC): Academic disciplines and their subfields are always in some kind of “crisis,” it seems, but for labor history that crisis.
- by Jefferson Cowie
- December 16, 2012
LAWCHA
OpEd
LAWCHA Member Activity in Recent Right to Work Conflicts
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
- December 14, 2012
LAWCHA
Gompers Redux? or, Does Labor Need the State to Meddle?
I am finding it hard these days to get in the holiday spirit. In the wake of Michigan’s Republican and corporate assault on.
- by Randi Storch
- December 14, 2012