Labor 13.3-4 (December, 2016)
In This Issue Introduction Julie Greene, “Builders of Empire: Rewriting the Labor and Working-Class History of Anglo-American Global Power
Issues of Labor
Activism
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
LAWCHA
LAWCHA Statement on Collective Bargaining for All Faculty
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) applauds and endorses the Organization of American Historians (OAH) “Statement on Collective Bargaining and Part-Time, Adjunct, and Contingent History Faculty.”
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Empowering Migrant Workers in Global Supply Chains
Many of the more than 150 million migrant workers around the world endure abusive conditions—and one of the most exploitative phases of transnational labor migration takes place before migrants even leave their home country: recruitment for work abroad.
Labor History
Collection Spotlight: UAW Local 174 Mural
In 1937, United Auto Workers Local 174 sponsored the creation of a series of murals to enliven their Union Hall and celebrate their rich, if relatively young, history. The resulting work proved to be one of the most memorable pieces
LAWCHA
How Bill Clinton Remade the Democratic Party by Abandoning Unions: An Arkansas Story
Much has been made in the recent campaign about the alienation of working-class whites from the Democratic Party. Michael Pierce shows this is a path long traveled; Bill Clinton undermined the budding multi-racial labor coalition in 1970s Arkansas.
LAWCHA
Don’t Blame Youngstown
The elites who turned a blind eye to an economic cataclysm are now blaming the victims.
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Misrepresenting the White Working Class: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and McDowell County
The Guardian‘s West Coast bureau chief paid a quick visit to McDowell County, West Virginia in October to film a video for the news organization’s website titled “Why the poorest county in West Virginia has faith in Trump.”
Labor History
Anti-Union Culture-Making: “And Women Shall Weep” (1958)
Produced in 1958 by the National Right To Work Committee, the 26-minute film …And Women Must Weep tells the story of a small, working-class Indiana town in crisis, a community that was brought nearly to ruin by an aggressive, brutish
Film & Video
LAWCHA
“Love and Solidarity: Rev. James Lawson and Nonviolence in the Search for Workers’ Rights,” a film by Michael Honey
Historians look for details to make history come alive, and oral history can provide them. Over thirty years of research, my scores of interviews with black and white workers in the South opened many new perspectives for me.
Action Alerts
Activism
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Faculty Ready to Strike
The strike date is October 19. It has been 430 days without a contract (as of 10/12/16). Some negotiations will take place beginning October 14 but considering the offers presented thus far and the space separating bargaining positions, it is