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From Solidarity to Shock Therapy: The AFL-CIO and the Fall of Soviet Communism

by Jeff Schuhrke on November 22, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the death of Mikhail Gorbachev this year have sparked renewed interest in the USSR’s 1991 disintegration, a moment that officially brought an end to the Cold War.

Historians have been prominent in the many recent discussions and debates about how the demise of the Soviet Union thirty years ago set the stage for Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, the controversial expansion of NATO, and the current war in Ukraine.

What the Labor Movement Lost With the Passing of Richard Trumka and Stanley Aronowitz

by Leon Fink on October 10, 2021

Remembering the legacies of two longtime advocates for the working-class.

On August 5, 2021 labor advocates across the country lost a champion with the death of AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. Eleven days later, another working-class advocate, activist-sociologist Stanley Aronowitz, succumbed to a long illness.

Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021)

by Lane Windham on August 29, 2021

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, died on August 5, 2021 at the age of 72 after a lifetime of service dedicated to America’s working families. He worked to guide the labor movement amidst rapid changes with his signature emphasis on capital stewardship, organizing rights, global solidarity, and working-class political power.

The New Democrats and the Old Dominion: A Legacy of the Hyper-Capitalist 1990s

by Michael Dennis on September 15, 2016

The rise of Virginia to national political prominence has been a long time coming. Well before the centrist Tim Kaine was given the nod to become Hillary Clinton’s vice president, Virginia Democrats had been busy spearheading the abandonment of anything resembling a New Deal, Great society commitment to social democracy.

AWOC Audio Recordings Now Digitized

by The Walter P. Reuther Library on August 15, 2016

The Reuther Library is pleased to announce the digitization of over 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings related to the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC).

AFL-CIO Merger: In Commemoration of the AFL-CIO’s 60th Anniversary

by Jennifer Eidson on March 2, 2016

Before 1955, the AFL (American Federation of Labor) and the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) were separate, competing organizations. The two organizations chose to merge in 1955 to strengthen the labor movement and help eliminate competition between unions and workers. From the Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Maryland, this collection is a “behind the scenes” look at the logistics involved in working out the details of the merger.

LAWCHA

The Labor and Working-Class History Association