About Us
LAWCHA is an organization of scholars, teachers, students, labor educators, and activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and working-class history through research, writing, and organizing.
News & Alerts
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Collective Bargaining from All Sides in Higher Education
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Jonathan Daniel Wells on his new book, The Kidnapping Club
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Civil Rights Unionism and Democracy for Teachers: Nat LaCour’s Legacy
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“They’re Not Alone”: An Oral History of the Pennsylvania Faculty Strike of 2016 with an update
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Wishbone of The Good Lord Bird: Historical Fiction and Poetic Truth
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Middle Class Nightmares: The presidential elections and the “middle class”
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Invisible Labor in Carceral Spaces: A Special Issue of International Labor and Working-Class History
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Herbert G. Gutman Prize for an Outstanding Dissertation: Deadline December 2
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Aaron Goings on his new book: The Port of Missing Men
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United Campus Workers of South Carolina
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Who should “rule at home”?
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East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte: Interview with author and editors
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Ryan Pettengill on his new book, Communists and Community . . .in Detroit
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Alexandra Finley on Her New Book, An Intimate Economy
Upcoming Events
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LAWCHA Pandemic Book Talk :Alexandra Finley, An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America’s Domestic Slave Trade
January 21, 7pm (EST)•via Zoom
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LAWCHA’s Pandemic Book Talks feature talks by LAWCHA members whose books launched in the midst of (or just before) the pandemic. Book talks feature a presentation and a discussion. Join us on January 21, 2021 for Alexandra Finley, An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America’s Domestic Slave Trade.
Through the personal histories of four enslaved women, Finley explores the intangible costs of the slave market, moving beyond ledgers, bills of sales, and statements of profit and loss to consider the often incalculable but nevertheless invaluable place of women’s emotional, sexual, and domestic labor in the economy. The details of these women’s lives reveal the complex intersections of economy, race, and family at the heart of antebellum society.
Join us at 7pm (EST) on Thursday, January 21, 2021.
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LAWCHA Pandemic Book Talk :Toni Gilpin, The Long Deep Grudge A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland
February 18, 2021•via Zoom
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LAWCHA’s Pandemic Book Talks feature talks by LAWCHA members whose books launched in the midst of (or just before) the pandemic. Book talks feature a presentation and a discussion. Join us on February 18th for Toni Gilpin, The Long Deep Grudge A Story of Big Capital, Radical Labor, and Class War in the American Heartland.
Join us at 7pm (EST) on Thursday, February 18th, 2021.
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Workers on the Front Lines :LAWCHA 2021 Annual Conference
May 26-28, 2021•Chicago, IllinoisBecause of the uncertainty caused by the global pandemic, LAWCHA has decided to move the 2021 Workers on the Front Lines conference to a virtual format. We hope that those who submitted a proposal will still participate. We are asking all panel organizers to let us know by November 30 if you or anyone on your panel wishes to withdraw your proposal. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that your entire panel still wishes to be considered for inclusion on the program. More details about the conference format will be announced as soon as possible. Please contact [email protected]
Read Morewith any questions. Be it in pandemics, natural disasters, industrial “accidents,” or wars, workers always have been and remain on the front lines.
In Memoriam
David H. Bensman, 1950-2020
Professor, Activist, Mentor, Friend
Collective Bargaining from All Sides in Higher Education
