Non-profit

Labor and Working-Class History Association

Website:

www.lawcha.org/

Location:

OAK PARK, IL

Tax ID:

38-3445812

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

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Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is an organization of labor union-friendly and radical-left “historians, labor educators, and working-class activists” involved in the study of and advocacy for the labor union movement and working-class organizing. It is housed within Duke University. 1

About

The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is comprised of teachers, students, and political activists who work together to promote left-of-center labor union-aligned activities through online publications and political conferences. 2

LAWCHA is funded by membership dues from subscribers. “Contributing” members pay $85 annually while “Regular” members pay $50 with a “Reduced” annual rate of $25. Members of LAWCHA receive a one-year subscription to the magazine Labor: Studies in Working-Class History and access to online publication LaborOnline. 3

Activities

Conferences

In 2017, Labor and Working-Class History Association held its annual conference called “Scales of Struggle: Communities, Movements and Global Connections.” The conference hosted discussions on “The $15 Minimum Wage in SEA-TAC and Seattle: Origins and Impact,” and “Struggling with the State: Farmworker Activism and the Promises and Perils of Government Policy.” The conference hosted between 300 and 400 scholars. 4

In 2019, LAWCHA held its annual conference at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The theme of the conference was “Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements.” 5

Publications

LAWCHA is associated with the Duke University Press journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History in the Americas” (also known by the short title Labor). Labor is the official journal of LAWCHA. 6

University Associations

Since 2007, LAWCHA has been housed at Duke University’s Sanford Institute for Public Policy. Duke University serves as LAWCHA’s administrative headquarters and provides website management. 7

The “Taft Labor History Award” is sponsored by the Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School at Cornell University with assistance from LAWCHA. 8

People

Professor Leon Fink is the editor of the Labor journal. Labor is housed at Georgetown University Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and Working Poor. 9

As of 2019, the president of LAWCHA was Julie Greene of the University of Maryland. 10

James Gregory, a professor at the University of Washington, is the past president of LAWCHA. 11 Professor Gregory is the author of a collaborative history project called Mapping American Social Movements through the 20th Century. 12

Gregory is also the author of History of Communist Party in Washington State. 13 Gregory is the director of the Communism in Washington State History and Memory Project at the University of Washington. 14

References

  1. “Labor and Working Class History Association: AHA.” Accessed June 15, 2020. https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/affiliated-societies/labor-and-working-class-history-association.
  2. McCartin, Joseph A. “Why Are There Now 2 Journals Devoted to Labor History?” History News Network. Accessed May 17, 2020. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/4896.
  3. “LAWCHA 2019 Conference.” Workers on the Move Workers Movement. Labor and Working Class History Association, 2019. http://www.lawcha.org/wp-content/uploads/LAWCHAProgram_Draft06.pdf.
  4. Kelley, Peter. “’Scales of Struggle’: Historians of Labor, Working Class to Convene at UW.” UW News. University of Washington, June 7, 2017. https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/06/07/scales-of-struggle-historians-of-labor-working-class-to-convene-at-uw/.
  5. Association, Working-Class Studies. “CFP ~ 2019 LAWCHA Conference.” WORKING-CLASS STUDIES ASSOCIATION, August 30, 2018. https://wcstudiesassociation.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/cfp-2019-lawcha-conference/.
  6. McCartin, Joseph A. “Why Are There Now 2 Journals Devoted to Labor History?” History News Network. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/4896.
  7. Letwin, Dan. “The LAWCHA Watch.” Labor. Duke University Press, September 1, 2007. https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor/article-abstract/4/3/5/15123/The-LAWCHA-Watch?redirectedFrom=fulltext.
  8. “Taft Labor History Award.” Taft Labor History Award | Social History Portal. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://socialhistoryportal.org/news/articles/111032.
  9. “About Us.” Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Accessed May 18, 2020. http://lwp.georgetown.edu/labor-studies-in-working-class-history/.
  10. “LAWCHA 2019 Conference.” Workers on the Move Workers Movement. Labor and Working Class History Association, 2019. http://www.lawcha.org/wp-content/uploads/LAWCHAProgram_Draft06.pdf.
  11. Mirfendereski, Taylor. “What Is May Day?” king5.com, April 30, 2017. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/what-is-may-day/281-435393398.
  12. Kelley, Peter. “History Meets Geography: James Gregory’s Collaborative Digital Project Tracks Key 20th Century Social Movements.” UW News. University of Washington, December 14, 2015. https://www.washington.edu/news/2015/12/14/history-meets-geography-james-gregorys-collaborative-digital-project-tracks-key-20th-century-social-movements/.
  13. Gregory, James N. “History of Communist Party in Washington State: Introduction.” Communist Party in Washington State History. University of Washington. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://depts.washington.edu/labhist/cpproject/gregory.shtml.
  14. “About the Project.” Communism in Washington State: About. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://depts.washington.edu/labhist/cpproject/about.shtml.
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    Labor and Working-Class History Association

    323 S LOMBARD AVE
    OAK PARK, IL 60302-3523