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Once again, the Labor and Working-Class History Association will sponsor a luncheon as well as a number of panels, roundtables, and other sessions at this year’s meeting of the Organization of American Historians.  The titles, presenters, dates, and times for our events are listed below.  For more information on a particular session, please refer to the descriptions in your OAH annual meeting program.  We hope to see you in Minneapolis—be sure to attend the LAWCHA luncheon on Friday, March 30 (pre-registration required)!

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Thursday, March 29, 3:30 p.m.

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Scabs Live Here: A Dramatic Reading, Wendy Knox and Bill Lanoue

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Working in the Military: Rethinking Military History as Labor History in the U.S. and Its Occupied Territories, Joshua Freeman, Kimberley Phillips, Jana Lipman, and Beth Bailey

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Friday, March 30, 9:00 a.m.

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Preserving and Presenting Local Labor History (Offsite Session at the Mill City Museum), Peter Rachleff, Stu Wilson, Barb Kucera, Steve Share, David Riehle, Michael Kuchta, and Patrick Coleman

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Friday, March 30, 11:15 a.m. – LAWCHA Luncheon

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LAWCHA President Alice Kessler-Harris, presiding.  Featuring a special talk by Kevin Boyle, Ohio State University, entitled “Josie's Story: Looking for History in Some Very Small Places.”
Be sure to buy a luncheon ticket while registering for the OAH. Please note that the Annual Meeting Program incorrectly listed the LAWCHA luncheon for Saturday, March 31—the correct date is Friday, March 30.

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Friday, March 30, 1:00 p.m.

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Affirmative Action in Postwar America, Duchess Harris, Ira Katznelson, Nancy MacLean, Francille Rusan Wilson, and Neil Foley

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Privatization and the Service Sector in North America: Healthcare Politics, Policy, and Labor Activism in the U.S. and Canada, Rick Halpern, Jennifer Klein, Benjamin Isitt, and Gail Radford

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History and Memory: Keeping Rondo Alive (Offsite Session at the Minnesota History Center), Bill Green, Marvin Anderson, Kate Cavett, David Vassar Taylor, Mahmoud El-Kati, and Mary Kay Boyd

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Saturday, March 31, 9:00 a.m.

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The Life and Work of Meridel LeSeur, Paula Rabinowitz, John Crawford, Linda Pratt, and Neala Schleuning

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Sunday, April 1, 11:30 a.m.

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Minnesota Labor Radicalism, Hy Berman, William Millikan, Elizabeth Faue, and David Montgomery

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***Session times may be changed, speakers modified, and additional panels added***
**Please refer to the OAH Onsite Program distributed at the conference**