Labor Song of the Month
Greetings from the Higgins Labor Program at the University of Notre Dame, where we are actively building our online presence with original content..
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OpEd
The media still gets the working class wrong — but not in the way you think.
This will be the first Labor Day since America rediscovered its working class — or, more accurately, one part of its working class..
- by Lane Windham
- September 11, 2017
Labor History
Karl Marx Makes a Comeback
Several months ago the Communist party in Russia updated their visual propaganda by giving three of their most controversial icons—Lenin, Stalin, and Karl.
- by Kathy M. Newman
- September 7, 2017
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New Book Interviews
Lane Windham on her new book: Knocking on Labor’s Door
Lane Windham’s new book, Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide, was officially.
- by Jacob Remes
- September 5, 2017
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East Side Freedom Library
Happy Labor Day! I want to call our project — the East Side Freedom Library — to your attention. We are three years.
- by Peter Rachleff
- September 4, 2017
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It’s Time to Fire the “Union Boss”: Here’s Why
In case natural disaster, nuclear war, and unpredictable political leaders are not enough to keep us up at night, we remain under threat.
- by Daniel Graff
- September 4, 2017
Labor History
More Than A Picnic: A Lesson in Labor Day
Before there were Labor Day barbecues and Labor Day sales, there was Labor–workers in the 19th century pushing for an eight-hour day and.
- by Bill Barry
- September 4, 2017
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Teaching Blog
Teaching Committee
Calling all Labor Historians: A New Resource to Tell Labor’s Story
A new LAWCHA initiative to develop classroom and public knowledge of labor history Randi Storch
- by Randi Storch
- August 4, 2017
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Labor Mobilizations and Movements: The 2017 Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Colloquium
The Midwest Labor and Working-Class History (MLWCH) colloquium met at the University of Memphis on June 2nd, 2017. The one-day event included academic.
- by Andrea Ringer
- June 29, 2017
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LaborOnline
Black Education, Racism, and Class: Reflections from a Charter High School Graduation
This May I attended the commencement ceremony for a young cousin who was one of 117 graduates from an overwhelmingly black charter high.
- by Clarence Lang
- June 20, 2017