Standing Up for a House of Labor–the Debs Home in Terre Haute
In 1968, on the corner of the campus of Indiana State University, there sat a small home. Previously a member of Terre Haute’s.
Labor History
Events
Labor History
Society of American Archivists Labor Archives Roundtable at the 2015 LAWCHA Conference
May 28-29, 2015. As part of the Society of American Archivists Labor Archives Roundtable’s ongoing efforts to coordinate with LAWCHA, two conference sessions.
- by Conor Casey
- April 29, 2015
Labor History
People
Suellen Hoy wins 2014 Harry E. Pratt Award
We are pleased to pass along that LAWCHA member Suellen Hoy has won 2014’s Harry E. Pratt Award for the best article in.
- by Ryan Poe
- April 29, 2015
Labor History
OpEd
Jim Gregory, “Seattle’s Left Coast Formula,” Dissent (Winter, 2015)
Contemporary Seattle is a city with a dual personality. On one hand, a dramatic building boom is underway. Towering cranes crowd the skyline.
- by Ryan Poe
- February 16, 2015
Labor History
Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike
Tired of reductions in pay and jobs, increased workloads, and harassment of United Automobile Workers organizers, on December 30, 1936 automotive workers in.
- by The Walter P. Reuther Library
- February 15, 2015
Labor History
Graphic History Collective Project #10 – Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love
We are excited to share the mini-comic version of Kwentong Bayan: Labour of Love, a community based comic book project created by Toronto-based.
- by Ryan Poe
- February 4, 2015
Global Affairs Articles
International Conference
Labor History
Australia and U.S. Labor: Transnational Influences and Historical Comparisons
For three days in early January—summertime in the land “down under”—historians and other scholars interested in labor gathered on the campus of Australia’s.
- by Peter Cole
- January 30, 2015
Labor History
LAWCHA
Long Time LAWCHA Activist Undertakes Building a New Institution Devoted to Working Class History
A year and a half ago, I left Macalester College after a three decades-long career. I decided that it’s time to devote myself.
- by Peter Rachleff
- December 15, 2014
Labor History
Bill Barry, “Workers vs. Undocumented Immigrants: The Politics of Divide & Conquer”
Former labor organizer Bill Barry discusses the tenuous relationship between the working class and undocumented workers, and the forces that keep these groups.
- by Ryan Poe
- December 9, 2014
Labor History
LAWCHA
Teaching Blog
Launch of LAWCHA’s Teacher/Public Sector Initiative
Today we launch the teachers/public sector toolkit, a set of resources that we hope will contribute to dialog on teacher and public sector.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 9, 2014