posts from the year2017

Opportunity: Instructor at Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center (LERC)

by Ryan Poe on November 16, 2017

The Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) is a state-wide program that combines teaching, research, and public service to improve the lives of Oregon’s workers, their families, and their communities.Since its creation in 1977, LERC has provided teaching, research, and technical assistance services to unions, other worker’s organizations, and working adults in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Opportunity: Labor Policy Research Assistant/Associate at Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center (LERC)

by Ryan Poe on November 15, 2017

LERC will be hiring for one position at the research assistant or research associate level, depending on education and experience. This non-tenure track position will be located in LERC’s Eugene or Portland office.

Hope in the Heartland: The Struggle for Public-Sector Collective Bargaining in Iowa

by Colin Gordon, John McKerley on November 15, 2017

In November 2016, Iowa Republicans erased a slim Democratic majority in that state’s Senate, giving the party “trifecta” control of both houses of the legislature and the governor’s office. The moment the gavel struck to start the new legislative session in January 2017, they were ready with a raft of anti-worker bills, the centerpiece of which was House File 291, signed by Iowa’s then Republican governor (now Trump’s ambassador to China) Terry Branstad.

GOP Law Fails to Break Iowa’s Largest Public-Sector Unions

by Ryan Poe on November 8, 2017

One of the most transparent union-busting provisions of Iowa’s new collective bargaining law has failed to significantly reduce the number of workers covered by the state’s two largest public-sector unions: the Iowa State Education Association and AFSCME Council 61.

Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized: Midwest Labor and Working Class History Colloquium 2018

by Ryan Poe on November 8, 2017

We welcome scholars from any discipline interested in presenting on topics that fit the theme, broadly defined. The colloquium is open to scholars, public historians, graduate students, and activists presenting on contemporary and historical topics.

Don’t Forget to Renew Your Membership!

by Ryan Poe on November 6, 2017

It’s that time of the year again, LAWCHA members! Have you remembered to renew your membership?

Building Job Security into Community College Faculty Work: Experiences in British Columbia

by Frank Cosco on November 6, 2017

In the Canadian province of British Columbia, aspects of how unionized faculty in community colleges have attempted to deal with faculty contingency since the late 1980s may provide lines of sight and discussion that are not yet part of the American experience.

Stevie Wonder, Living for the City: Labor Song of the Month (September, 2017)

by Daniel Graff on November 2, 2017

Stevie Wonder is flat out the greatest American musician of the 1970s (I’m talking about the field of popular music broadly conceived — pop, rock, r&b, punk, etc.). As both a singles artist and an album maker, as a vocalist and a multi-instrumentalist, Wonder simply had no peers, whether in terms of productivity or creativity.

Dave Jamieson, “The Ivy League Has An Unexpected Friend In Donald Trump”

by Ryan Poe on October 31, 2017

Their graduate students are trying to unionize. The president may have already stopped them.

Call for Gutman Prize Submissions: Deadline January 1, 2018

by Ryan Poe on October 30, 2017

Eligible dissertations must be in English and defended in the academic year 2016-17 (September 1, 2016-August 31, 2017). Applicants are not required to be members of LAWCHA at the time of the submission. The winner will be announced at our national conference.

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