Insurgency & Resistance. Throughout history, workers have engaged in insurgency and resistance from factories to fields, from plantations to plants, from mines to mills, and in cities and in the countryside. Power and authority have been contested on a variety
By Joan Sangster, Trent University. Canada is host to a rich, vibrant, and inspirational labour history housed in easily accessible archives and popular public museums across the county.
The California Domestic Workers Coalition will be delivering our letter to Governor Brown’s office next Monday, so if you are willing, please sign this letter and forward the link to other interested colleagues, please do so as soon as you
The Southern Labor Studies Association is soliciting panels for its (March 7-9) 2013 conference in New Orleans, LA. The conference theme, the “Many Souths,” invites a broad range of panels on southern working-class history, while at the same time it
PresidentJoseph A. McCartin, Georgetown University Vice PresidentEileen Boris, University of California at Santa Barbara SecretaryErik Gellman, University of North Carolina Treasurer Liesl Miller Orenic, Dominican University Executive AssistantPatrick Dixon, Georgetown Universitylawcha.office@gmail.com Immediate Past President Cindy Hahamovitch, University of Georgia Board of Directors
LAWCHA-Constitution-revised-2021PreambleThe Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) is open to everyone interested in studying the history of working-class men and women, their lives, workplaces, communities, organizations, cultures, political activities, and societal contexts. It aims to promote an international, theoretically
General LAWCHA Contact Information323 S. Lombard Ave. Oak Park IL 60302Email: lawcha.office@gmail.comFind a person:LAWCHA officers and committee chairs Changes of Address and Membership InquiriesPlease send changes of address and general inquiries about your LAWCHA membership to Duke University Press at
LAWCHA is committed to teaching labor history in the classroom, from K-12 to colleges and universities. We list below some of the resources created to help facilitate teaching labor history and understanding the relationship between teachers and labor history. We
LAWCHA Dissertation Proposal Workshop The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is pleased to announce its inaugural Dissertation Proposal Workshop. The workshop supports doctoral students working on dissertations about working people, their lives, workplaces, communities, organizations, cultures, activism, and societal
This is a collection of work by LAWCHA members periodically updated. Our members are very active in their local communities, many also in national and international circles. Together, their efforts represent a vital aspect of telling labor’s story, extending from