Be sure to check out Anders Bright's "Poverty's Capital: Labor Coercion and the Origins of the New York Bank for Savings" in our most recent issue!

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: «The Courage of Being Young»: Transnational Communism and Youth (1917-1991) Márgenes III. International Congress of Young Researchers in Contemporary History. Logroño, 8-10 July 2026 We invite PhD candidates/no before 2020. Details bit.ly/3O6QKM9 Submit by Feb 15 bit.ly/4bBf1Uw

Up first is the Arts & Media essay "The Cost of Compliance" by @rachaelvm454.bsky.social which analyzes Apple TV+’s Severance as a critique of how corporate culture strip workers of autonomy and identity while masking exploitation behind the language of purpose and growth. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

We hope everyone had a good holiday season and the new year has been treating you well. If one of your new year's resolutions was to read and engage with more commentary and historical essays pertaining to labor - you are in luck! Our latest issue (22:4) is out now! dukeupress.edu/labor

Emily LB Twarog introduces Going Public, a new series appearing in LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History that will explore the intersection between labor history and public history and the role of scholar activists. lawcha.org/2026/01/05/g...

Going Public embraces the notion of bravery and collectivity. We want to examine how scholars are engaging w the public. What are you doing as a scholar-activist? How can we present our research, teaching, and ideas in creative ways? @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

To wrap up the year, here are LABOR’s Most Read Articles of 2025! @dukepress.bsky.social is making these articles free for all to read from now until January 31, 2026.

Visit LaborOnline to catch Ian Rocksborough-Smith's interview with Naomi R Williams on their recent book, 'A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity: Class Politics and Community in Wisconsin.' lawcha.org/2025/12/10/n...

Joel Eis explores the world of Progressive Era theater and the militancy of Yiddish actors in his new article for LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/12/05/y...

Michael Laslett, David Brundage, and Tobias Higbie pay tribute to the work of the late historian John Laslett. lawcha.org/2025/12/12/j...

Here's video/audio of our panel discussion — on the links between labor & military concerns. w/ Rosemary Feurer, Justin F. Jackson, Reena Goldthree, John W. Hall, Tejasvi Nagaraja This accompanies our published forum in the journal Labor. Check it out! lawcha.org/2025/11/22/l...

@smh-historians.bsky.social: can labor and military history work together? I discuss below with John Hall, Reena Goldthree, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social, revisiting our debate in the most recent issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (no paywall until February!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC-V...

REFUSING SETTLER DOMESTICITY "offers a unique approach to the longer history of Indigenous labor exploitation in California," writes Mary Klann for LABOR, praising the book's "vivacious, complex, and sometimes heartbreaking stories" of Bay Area outing participants. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

As a site for both historical research and commentary, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History hopes to provide an intellectual scaffolding for understanding the roots of continuing social dilemmas. Issue 22:4 is now available. View the TOC: buff.ly/ZW0Ee2A @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

And to cap off LAB22:3, here are a bunch of book reviews!

And the pièce de résistance, we have our 2025 Bookmark, arising from the LABOR's 2024 Big Book Forum featuring @loriflores.bsky.social's Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from WWII to COVID-19 (@uncpress.bsky.social).

Next, in “The Voice of the Farmworker,” @tbowmanhist.bsky.social traces how Antonio Orendain’s radio show La Voz del Campesino radicalized farmworkers across the Mexico-Texas border, forging a distinct transnational movement beyond the UFW and California. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

Then in “Scrap Iron Becomes Bullets,” Peter Cole shows how dockworkers at global “choke points” fought fascism through direct action. From boycotts against imperial Japan to Pinochet’s Chile, ILWU Local 10 practiced labor internationalism on the job. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

After that, Joshua Newmark examines how Spanish anarchists engaged with the Mexican Revolution during the Spanish Civil War. “Decentering Internationalism” shows how solidarity with a former colony challenged Eurocentric hierarchies and reshaped anarchist internationalism. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

First, the Contemporary Affairs piece “The US Unions Taking a Stand for Palestine” in which @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social examines how US unions broke with convention after Oct. 7, 2023—risking backlash by calling for a Gaza ceasefire, an arms embargo, and Palestinian freedom. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

The new issue has tons of great material, but before we turn to 22:4, we need to finish highlighting our articles from the last issue (22:3) because there was just too much material to cover! (Also I got behind in my work and they won’t hire me an assistant) So here’s another LABOR lighting round!

Our latest issue (22:4) is now available online! read.dukeupress.edu/labor/issue/...

If you missed @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social Big Book Forum a few weeks ago, featuring Rudi Batzell's 'Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery,' you can now watch a replay of the event, available here at LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/11/14/l...

What connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months. doi.org/10.1215/1547...

The newest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social (22:3) is online! Featuring essays on transnational solidarity, war, food, activism, and more! View the TOC and read the issue introduction, freely available: buff.ly/JczGGqn

Who gets to make dominant meanings for American workers, unions. Shaping creative decisions about the stories, characters, images that represent workers and that influence how audiences imagine work is an area where unions are largely absent. @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

@profpetercole.bsky.social explores the long history of dockworkers solidarity activism in support of peoples fighting authoritarianism, imperialism, and racism in the latest issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social. Check out a preview below at LaborOnline. lawcha.org/2025/10/23/s...

The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions! Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

In the new issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, @justinfdjackson.bsky.social debates the specter of war in labor history with Reena Goldthree, John Hall and Tejasvi Nagaraja. Read a preview of the discussion at LaborOnline: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...

***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series - October 2025*** Join Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo. October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST Register: iehs.org/event/online...

Join us next Tuesday to hear about my book Box 25:Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal. @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social thanks to @iehs.bsky.social for organizing this!

For more from LABOR: STUDIES IN WORKING CLASS HISTORY, join LAWCHA! www.dukeupress.edu/labor-and-wo...

Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history? Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...

The rumors are true, our latest issue is out now! We suggest you begin 22:3 with with the intro by @greeneland.bsky.social and guest coeditor Lorenzo Costaguta as they introduce a cluster of essays on transnational solidarity, plus pieces on war, food, activism, and more! doi.org/10.1215/1547...

Be sure to check out this upcoming virtual event featuring a round table with Dr. @emmaamador.bsky.social and her new book, The Politics of Care Work. @drsarahmac.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

Tomorrow!

You can judge this issue @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social by the cover! Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!

Today’s the day! Join LABOR’s Big Book Forum (2-4pm ET) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery with commentary from Vapnek, Kenny, Price & Williams, moderated by Greene. Free & open to all. See you soon! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

It’s almost here! Join us tomorrow (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET) for LABOR’s Big Book Forum on Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. A stellar panel, sharp discussion, and free to all via Zoom. Register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

Don't miss LABOR's Big Book Forum this Friday featuring Rudi Batzell and a panel of expert discussants. Register via the link below.

Rudi Batzell takes on some of the biggest questions in US and British labor history in his new book. Join us Friday for a riveting discussion about his arguments and more!

This Friday! Don’t miss LABOR’s Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2–4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring Rudi Batzell’s Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery and commentary by Lara Vapnek, Kevin Kenny, Richard Price & Naomi Williams. Free & open to all--register now: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

The Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History is now open for submissions! Full details here: go.illinois.edu/UIPGutmanPrize cc: @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social

Don't forget to mark your calendars for LABOR's Big Book Forum (Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET, via Zoom) featuring @rbatzell.bsky.social's new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery. The event is free and open to the public. Register today! go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025

The study of Black labor destroys the mythology of global, industrial capitalism. It reveals the fraud at the heart of modern economics. #ASALH2025

Kelly Goodman talks about the history of teacher strikes, funding challenges in public education and the impact of recent policy changes on school budgets. Listen to the interview below. awf.labortools.com/listen/kelly...

Labor4Sustainability "Earth is a Hot Shop" Young Worker Listening Proj Report "many young worker leaders attempting to organize at intersection of labor, climate, and social justice" @lawcha.bsky.social @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social link here: www.labor4sustainability.org/files/YWREPO...

We are excited to announce Labor's Big Book Forum for 2025! Scheduled for Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET via Zoom, this year we feature Rudi Batzell's (@rbatzell.bsky.social) new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)