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Labor History

60th Anniversary Celebration of “Salt of the Earth”, Silver City, NM (March 15)

On Saturday, March 15, 2014 in Silver City, NM a group of workers and citizens will come together to celebrate the 60th anniversary.

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LAWCHA

Department of Labor’s List of Books that Shaped Work in America ignores critical books

In honor of its centennial the Department of Labor began posting a list of “Books that Shaped Work in America”. What does it.

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Labor History

New Labor History Comics: Battle of Ballantyne Pier; Flint Strike

Many thanks to Julie Smith of Trent University for passing this along. The Graphic History Collective (GHC) is pleased to announce the online.

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Labor History

Traveling Exhibit: “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964”

Bittersweet Harvest, a moving new bilingual exhibition organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) and circulated by SITES, examines the.

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Events (Old)

Ludlow at 100: Events from March 15-May 18

To mark the 100th anniversary of the tragic Ludlow Massacre, a diverse group from around Colorado – including historians, scholars, union members, the.

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LAWCHA

Perspectives: The UAW Defeat in Chattanooga

There have been a number of  historically-informed blogs posted since the UAW’s defeat in Chattanooga in mid-February, 2014. We invite you to consider.

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LAWCHA

Doing the Employer’s Dirty Work?: Thinking about the History of Anti-Unionism from “Below” after the UAW’s Defeat in Chattanooga

Historians should think carefully as they ponder the meaning of the UAW defeat in Chattanooga. Some analysts write as though a full-fledged co-determination.

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LAWCHA

2013-2014 LAWCHA Election Results

The Elections Committee has reported the results of the annual election to the Executive Committee, and we are very pleased to announce the.

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Call for Proposals International Conference

Australian-US Comparative and Transnational Labour History Conference

January 8-9, 2015. CFP deadline: April 15, 2014. The University of Sydney, Australia. Historians and other scholars have long recognized both similarities and.

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LAWCHA

So the UAW Lost, What Can Be Done? Some History Lessons.

In the aftermath of the UAW loss in the Volkswagen union election in Tennessee, declarations of “A Titanic Defeat” echo across the blogosphere..

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