President’s Report
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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The Newberry Seminar in Labor History: CFP Deadline June 1, 2018
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Margo Price, “Pay Gap”: Labor Song of the Month
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Scabby the Rat Down Under
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Engendering the History of Capitalism
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Gendered work, gendered struggles: women’s activism at the work-place in long-term and comparative perspective
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Gender in Movement(s): Women and Gender in Motion
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LAWCHA at the OAH
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Know Your Place: A New Generation of Working-Class Voices
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MLK: To the Promised Land
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MLK’s ’68 struggle for economic justice still marching on
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A Tale of Two Futures: The Fate of the Dollar General Economy
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Billy Graham and the Evangelical Origins of Organized Labor
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How Might We Teach the History of Labor Journalism?
Upcoming Events
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Dirty Work :SLSA 2018 Conference
May 17-19, 2018•Richard B. Russell Library on the University of GeorgiaThe Southern Labor Studies Association will convene the 2018 Southern Labor Studies Conference in Athens, GA, at the Richard B. Russell Library on the University of Georgia campus, May 17-19, 2018. The conference will gather academics, activists, archivists, and students for three days of panels, roundtables, book discussions, and other sessions organized around the theme of “Dirty Work.”
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Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized :Midwest Labor and Working Class History Colloquium 2018
May 26, 2018•University of Iowa, Iowa CityThe 2018 colloquium, titled “Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized,” will feature a keynote address by Professor Rosemary Feurer of Northern Illinois University, as well as a roundtable of community activists and local labor organizers. All presentations will be free and open to the public.
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LRAN :Labor Research and Action Network Annual Conference
May 31-June 1, 2018•Vanderbilt UniversityScholars, labor practitioners, and activists from across the country will convene in Nashville, TN to share new ideas and lessons learned, and connect around research and campaign work. We hope this conference is an opportunity to develop an offensive strategy in the changed political climate nationwide, and to learn from the unique challenges faced by organizers and researchers in the South and in right to work states, including from active campaigns in the Nashville area.
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Scabby the Rat Down Under
Scabby the Rat, a familiar figure on US picket lines, has taken his show on the road. In the past few years, he’s been spotted outside several Australian companies, sometimes accompanied by his pals, Fat Cat and Greedy Pig. Scabby’s journey shows that both anti-labor efforts and working-class feistiness are every bit as global as capitalism and labor. Read more →
