The David Montgomery Award is given annually by the OAH with co-sponsorship by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history.
Read more →In recent months we have taken action to end the shipping of print copies of Labor by FedEx in any capacity.
Read more →Paper submissions are now open!
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As more and more new history graduates pursue careers outside academia—out of choice or necessity—and with many scholars now part of the “gig economy,” the LAWCHA Board is taking steps to reach out to this diverse and growing cohort.
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I was invited by Senators Whitehouse and Stabenow and the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee to open a hearing entitled “After Janus v. AFSCME: Why Teachers and Workers are Fighting Back Against the Secret Money Campaign to Take Away Their Rights.”
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The Labor and Working-Class History Association’s 2019 Call for Papers
Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements
Duke University, May 30-June 1, 2019
Michael K. Honey is the author of the new study, To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice, to be published on the 50th anniversary of King’s April 4, 1968 assassination. He was interviewed by Charles Williams of the Against the Current editorial board.
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In the tumultuous 1970s, women and people of color streamed into unions, strikes swept the country — and employers launched a fierce counter-attack.
Read more →Election chair Nancy Gabin has reported the results of the LAWCHA election. To start with, more members voted than in any previous election. Wonderful news. The officers and new members of the Board of Directors will take office on March 1.
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