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Events (Old) Labor History OpEd

History of Capitalism Summer Camp, Cornell University

July 14-25. Join 25 other historians and get the skills you need to understand economic theory, interpret quantitative sources, make sense of corporate.

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LAWCHA OpEd

Cindy Hahamovitch, “Protecting Immigrant Farm Workers,” Miami Herald OpEd

For the second time in 35 years farm employers are holding up comprehensive immigration reform by demanding a bigger and less-regulated guestworker program..

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LAWCHA OpEd

Nelson Lichtenstein, “Obamacare’s Other Benefit,” LA Times OpEd

“If it is done right, the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) may well promise uninsured Americans a lot more than cheap, reliable medical.

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LAWCHA OpEd

Linda Gordon, “Juicing up the labor movement? Try speaking to women’s issues,” UAW News, December 27, 2012

On Dec. 11 Michigan passed two right-to-work laws, one for public and one for private employees. As even our president said, they mean.

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LAWCHA OpEd

Peter Cole, “Behind the Longshoremen’s Strike Threat,” The Progressive, December 29

“Just days before year’s end, a growing chorus of retailers, manufacturers, and conservative politicians called on President Obama to invoke a notorious anti-union.

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