Report on Lansing: anti-RTW Protest 12-11-12
On December 11 around 13,000 trade unionists and their allies gathered outside the capitol building in Lansing, Michigan to protest anti-union “right-to-work” legislation..
LAWCHA
Democracy on the Defensive in Michigan
I started my research on right-to-work laws almost ten years ago, when these decades-old statutes seemed a dead issue with no millennial saliency.
- by Elizabeth Shermer
- December 12, 2012
LAWCHA
Gutman Prize Extended Deadline: January 31st, 2013
We are pleased to announce a deadline extension for the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation. The new deadline for submissions is.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 12, 2012
Labor History
Opportunity
Career Instructor, Labor Education and Research Center, University of Oregon
The Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) at the University of Oregon seeks a dynamic, committed labor educator to join our faculty as.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 11, 2012
Global Affairs Articles
LAWCHA
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. Rosemary.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 11, 2012
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 Rosemary Feurer
- 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