Hey all you academics, labor activists! The North American Labor History Conference is looking for papers! This year the theme is Workers, Unions, and the Role of Government. But of course we also love other topics as well. #laborhistory#1U
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On todays podcast Dr. Harris Dousemetzis shares the extraordinary impact US President Jimmy Carter had on gay rights in the 1970s from his book “the Carter Presidency and Gay Rights.
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Starbucks Workers United baristas will begin escalating strikes through Christmas Eve beginning in 3 of Starbucks’ most important markets: Seattle, LA, and Chicago.
We are calling on allies to join us at 3 "anchor" picket lines TODAY. Each day, we'll announce more locations!
The educator Barbara Bowman devoted her career to teaching teachers how to prepare the youngest and most vulnerable children to fulfill their potential. She has died at 96. https://t.co/B3Me59wWAt
My first book is out next week, and the UMass Boston Labor Resource Center is hosting a virtual book launch. Join us for a conversation with three brilliant organizers who are fighting for living wages, rights, and respect for paras/ESPs in Massachusetts today!
Recent study shows grad unions have doubled over 10 yrs. Come to the @ReutherLibrary to read how that happened in the AFT Higher Edu. Dept. Grad organizing files. https://t.co/CeWBBRY334 @AFTHigherEd@cgeu2019#UnionStrong
As AFT archivist I love pushing out @AFTunion history. But also enjoy having our educational collections highlighted. So proud we are hosting https://t.co/9yeit0yO19 to explore the 50th anniversary of milliken v bradley. #segregation#education@nehgov
Dr. Fraser shares from his book the often overlooked story of the "hillbilly highway", a route nearly 8 mil poor, white Americans took in the 20th century from areas in the Southern US toward factory jobs in the Midwest. @MwHWG@lawcha_org#hillbilly https://t.co/XpApTeLcYH
Why is the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike, one of the three most important strikes in U.S. history, largely unknown? Find out on the latest #LaborHistory Today #podcast at
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Today marks 56 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s tragic assassination while in Memphis supporting the strike by AFSCME-represented sanitation workers. We honor his legacy and that of the strikers in the award-winning I AM Story podcast — https://t.co/twIQ1iqth5.