PresidentEileen Boris, University of California at Santa Barbara Vice PresidentPaul A. Ortiz, Cornell University SecretaryEmily E. LB. Twarog, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Treasurer Liesl Miller Orenic, Dominican University Executive AssistantPatrick Dixon, Georgetown Universitylawcha.office@gmail.com Immediate Past PresidentJoseph A.
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 annual 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
LABORThe official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)Winner of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals’ Best New Journal award for 2005LABOR is published quarterly by Duke University Press. Individual subscribers and institutions with electronic access can
Kenneth Germanson, president emeritus of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, shares with LAWCHA his article on the USW’s recent 70-year anniversary (photo gallery).
In late April the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians convened in Milwaukee with a program that, thanks to the inspiration of Alice Kessler Harris and the hard work of the OAH program committee and its co-chair Nancy
Ken Germanson, President Emeritus, Wisconsin Labor History Society If there was any thought that history is irrelevant in today’s world, that was dispelled at the 31st Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Labor History Society held April 21 in Milwaukee.