Syrian Families in the Colorado Coal Mining Communities
Since the 1980s, Bob Rossi has been working on a social history of Colorado coal mining communities and an account of the 1927–28.
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Revolt at John Deere — Ties to a Radical Past
Below Toni Gilpin tells a pictured story of John Deere workers radical past, a story that connects to the recently launched John Deere.
- by Toni Gilpin
- October 16, 2021
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New Book Interviews
Emmett Till & United Packinghouse Workers by Matthew Nichter – Free Access til August 1
This recent issue of the Labor: Studies in Working Class History features a terrific essay “Did Emmett Till Die in Vain? Organized Labor.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 24, 2021
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100-year anniversary of the Italian Hall Tragedy in Calumet, Michigan
This post was originally published in 2013. Today, Christmas Eve, 2013, marks the 100-year anniversary of the Italian Hall Tragedy in Calumet, Michigan,.
- by Aaron Goings
- December 23, 2020
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Middle Class Nightmares: The presidential elections and the “middle class”
This is an English translation of a review first published https://commonware.org/recensioni/vite-di-commessi-elettori-le-elezioni-americane-e-la-middle-class ) Sarah Jones reviews The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger “Once.
- by Sarah Jones
- November 23, 2020
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Essential or Expendable? Working in Higher Education during COVID-19
This is the first in a series of essays on “Higher Ed Wall-to Wall in Tennessee,” which will continue for the rest of.
- by Andrea Ringer
- July 28, 2020
LaborOnline
The Contagion and a Cure
Mark Lause looks at the 1793 yellow fever pandemic in Philadelphia from a working class history perspective, and finds it informs us today.
- by Mark Lause
- May 18, 2020
LAWCHA
Jimmy Hoffa: Symbol of a Bygone Era
Jimmy Hoffa used to say he’d be forgotten ten years after his death. This was an uncharacteristically unintelligent judgment. Forty-four years after his.
- by Chris Wright
- December 2, 2019
LAWCHA
The Red Scare and Radical Unionism
One hundred years ago this November, a small army of federal agents, backed by police and vigilantes, launched the first of a series.
- by Ahmed White
- November 29, 2019
LAWCHA
Research on Graduate Assistants & Right to Unionize Challenges NLRB proposed rule
On November 20, 2019, National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, Hunter College, City University of.
- by William Herbert
- November 27, 2019