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- by Ron Schatz
- November 4, 2025
I am a historian who studied with David Montgomery at the University of Pittsburgh in the mid-1970s, a tumultuous time in labor and working-class history. After teaching at Wesleyan University for many years, I returned to the once-mighty steel city. I recently saw a remarkable exhibit entitled “Labor & Art”.
Labor: Studies in Working Class History
The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 1, 2023
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Welcome Home, Bernie!: Sanders is 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 1, 2025
The Specter of War in Labor History
- by Justin F. Jackson
- October 20, 2025
Remembering Kent Wong, champion of worker rights and education
- by Tobias Higbie
- October 14, 2025
Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania
- November 4, 2025
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- October 5, 2025
Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist
- June 26, 2025
Labor: Studies in Working Class History
The Specter of War in Labor History
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Philip Tipperman, Forgotten Labor Painter of the 1930s
- April 15, 2025
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LaborOnline features perspectives on a host of issues, contemporary and historical.
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To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu). For the public history series, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered, contact Alex Lichtenstein, lichtens@indiana.edu
Editorial Team for Labor Online
- John Enyeart, Bucknell University
- Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University
- Chad Pearson, University of Texas
- Ian Rocksborough-Smith, University of Fraser Valley
- Randi Storch, SUNY-Cortland
- Laisions: Alexander Dunphy, Emily LaBarbera Twarog, Michael Hillard
Film & video
The Moving Past: Seeing Labor History in Archival Films
- January 30, 2025
Sherwood: The Crimes of Thatcher’s War
- January 12, 2023
Rails, Jails and Trolleys
- November 28, 2022
Authors new book interviews
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- October 5, 2025
David Roediger on his new book, An Ordinary White
- September 28, 2025
Brian Kwoba on his new book, Hubert Harrison
- August 30, 2025
Nick Juravich on his new book, Para Power
- August 21, 2025
Book symposia
Nate Holdren responds: Roundtable on Injury Impoverished
- August 14, 2020
Goldfield Roundtable: The Author Replies to Critics
- July 17, 2020
In Memoriam
Remembering Kent Wong, champion of worker rights and education
- October 14, 2025
Nancy Felice Gabin, 1954-2024
- July 5, 2024
Stephen Meyer (1942 – 2020)
- May 14, 2023
Jane LaTour (1946-2023)
- April 24, 2023
LaborOnline features commentary on a host of issues, contemporary and historical. To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu).
For information about our prize-winning journal or to contribute, visit LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History.
