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Janine Giordano Drake on her new book, The Gospel of Church

The Gospel of Church: How Mainline Protestants Vilified Christian Socialism and Fractured the Labor Movement, just published by Janine Giordano Drake (Oxford University Press, 2023), chronicles the battles between Christian...

A Seat at the Table New Voices from the Struggle to Organize Young, Service-Sector Workers in the US

This is the first in a series that updates and extends John McKerley’s essay in the current issue of Labor: Studies in Working Class History, which has been made freely ...

A Seat at the Table – Update Part 2

THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES THAT UPDATES AND EXTENDS JOHN MCKERLEY’S ESSAY IN THE CURRENT ISSUE OF LABOR: STUDIES IN WORKING CLASS HISTORY, WHICH IS FREELY ...

The 2022-23 Upsurge of Union Organizing and Strikes in Higher Education

As this report documents, the recent uptick in union organizing has not been large enough to reverse the long-term decline in union density, yet the labor movement revitalization of the...

William D. Riddell On the Waves of Empire U.S. Imperialism and Merchant Sailors, 1872-1924

Ian Rocksborough-Smith interviewed William D. Riddell about his new book On the Waves of Empire: U.S. Imperialism and Merchant Sailors, 1872-1924, published by the University of Illinois Press in 2023. ...

Michael Pierce Testifies about the Origin of Right to Work

In March 2023 historian Michael Pierce testified on the origins of right to work before the Michigan Senate Labor Committee when it was debating the repeal. The Michigan AFL-CIO had...