posts categorized asLabor History

Remapping the American Left: A History of Radical Discontinuity

by James Gregory on May 6, 2020

Duke University Press is allowing us to offer free access for three months to James Gregory’s provocative new essay “Remapping the American Left: A History Of Radical Discontinuity.”

The essay is based on his Labor and Working Class History Association Presidential Address and derives from his Mapping American Social Movements Project, which has mapped the major social movements of the twentieth century including a great variety of campaigns, political projects, and media outlets.

Sacco & Vanzetti at 100; What happened to MLK’s dream?: A Podcast

by Michael Honey on April 23, 2020

Michele Fazio on “The Crime of the Century: Remembering Sacco and Vanzetti 100 Years Later”; Michael Honey, on “What Happened to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream of Economic Justice?” Plus Saul Schniderman on Ida Mae Stull, the nation’sfirst woman coal miner.

The Inside Story of a Shirtwaist Factory: Teaching Labor’s Story Update

by Nikki Mandell on January 11, 2020

Clare Lemlich has provided a new teaching resource for Teaching Labor’s Story. It is a primary source material lesson plan involving a magazine article written by immigrant garment worker and labor leader. The article describes working conditions in New York City’s garment factories and advocates votes for women.

Sanders or Warren? Populist-Progressivism or New Deal? Take Your Pick!

by Leon Fink on November 13, 2019

Political commentators regularly identify both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as populists. Labor historian Leon Fink dives into the debate over their roots.

Dawson Barrett on His New Book, The Defiant

by Joseph Walzer, Dawson Barrett on October 31, 2018

Joseph Walzer recently interviewed Dawson Barrett on his new book, The Defiant: Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America, a book that looks at the period from 1980 to the present through the lens of dissent—through the picket lines, protest marches, and sit-ins that are often overlooked.

The Fight for Good Jobs and a Democratic Economy

by Jonathan Kissam on September 5, 2018

Jonathan Kissam, historian and Communications Director for United Electrical Workers Union, digs into the past for some ideas for the future, in a post originally written for their website blog.

Former LAWCHA President Nancy MacLean Testifies in Senate Hearing

by Nancy MacLean on July 18, 2018

I was invited by Senators Whitehouse and Stabenow and the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee to open a hearing entitled “After Janus v. AFSCME: Why Teachers and Workers are Fighting Back Against the Secret Money Campaign to Take Away Their Rights.”

New Teaching Labor’s Story Guide: Triumph of the Paraprofessionals, August 22, 1970

by Nick Juravich on May 8, 2018

Nick Juravich’s new TLS guide is an op-ed written by civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin on the signing of the first union contract for paraprofessional educators (classroom and school support staff) in New York City. It was published in the New York Amsterdam News, the city’s largest black-owned newspaper.

Margo Price, “Pay Gap”: Labor Song of the Month

by Daniel Graff on April 16, 2018

While Margo Price’s concerns are political through and through, she isn’t hosting any pity parties. Many of her songs rock, countering the sobering lyrics.

Stamford Workers Show How to Transform Our Unions and Rebuild the Labor Movement

by Andrew Tillet-Saks, Andrew Tillet-Saks, Chad Pearson on February 15, 2018

Chad Pearson: Andrew Tillett-Saks has given LAWCHA permission to re-publish this inspiring essay from Truthout. It is an excellent reminder of the long history of managerial bullying and the ways expressions of solidarity from below can successfully challenge these thugs.

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