Workers Memorial Day and Earth Day: Links in a Chain
The waning days of April have a little recognized convergence, inviting us to think about connections between workers issues and environmental concerns.
LaborOnline
LAWCHA
The State of Wisconsin: Neoliberalism’s Ground Zero
Readers of this blog are probably aware of what has been going on in the state of Wisconsin over the past couple of months. To recap: back in early February, Governor Scott Walker proposed a massive cut to the state
Events (Old)
Building Worker Power in an Era of Anti-Union Assaults: Looking Back, Looking Forward
April 11, Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park St., Madison. The 34th Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Labor History Society looks to finding clues in worker history to discover strategies to strengthen unions. Much of the conference will be focused
Action Alerts
Temple Adjuncts Deserve a Union
Ryan Eckes, an Adjunct Professor of English at Temple University forwards a recent MoveOn petition to treat adjunct faculty with dignity and respect by allowing them to form a collective bargaining unit with the union they have chosen, Temple Association
LaborOnline
SLSA Symposium and Labor Archives
NOTE: This event has been cancelled as a result of weather. On March 5, 2015, the Center for the History of the New America at the University of Maryland will host a symposium exploring workers and organizing in the twenty-first
Events (Old)
Organizing for Power and Workers’ Rights in the 21st Century
On March 5, 2015, the Center for the History of the New America at the University of Maryland will host a symposium exploring workers and organizing in the twenty-first century. Elizabeth Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, will present a keynote
Teaching Blog
Paraprofessional Educators and Labor-Community Coalitions, Past and Present
Public education today is at the center of an unrelenting assault on the American labor movement. This is no accident; by some measures, nearly 40% of unionized workers in the United States work in education, and organized educators have proven
Events
Fighting Inequality: Class, Race, and Power
May 28-31, 2015. Registration now open! Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Joint Conference of the Labor and Working-Class History Association and the Working-Class Studies Association. Economic inequality, while long a challenge for working-class people, has grown and become increasingly central in
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 unionism. We are asking for help in disseminating and adding to this toolkit, which is accessible under teaching
Call for Proposals
UALE Conference 2015, Local to Global: Working in a Changing World
Deadline: December 19, 2014. The United Association for Labor Education (UALE) invites labor educators, community organizers, organizers based in worker centers, and others committed to worker education to unite together in Orlando, FL for a conference dedicated to addressing the needs