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This Day in Labor History: December 28, 1921

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 28, 2022

On December 28, 1921, the Rand Rebellion in South Africa began with a strike of white miners. Soon, it would develop into a general rebellion of workers against the state, with the Communist Party playing a major role. Alas, the strike was strictly racialized and...

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Historical Levis and White Supremacist America

By Erik Loomis

On October 14, 2022

The story of Levi Strauss is well-known--German-Jewish immigrant who comes to San Francisco, manufactures denim for miners, makes a fortune, and begins the most important jeans company in the world..

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LGM Podcast: From the Edge of the Ghetto

By Erik Loomis

On January 27, 2022

For the latest LGM podcast, I interviewed Alford Young, Edgar G. Epps Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan, about his 2020 book From the Edge of the Ghetto:.

This Day in Labor History: November 11, 1942

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 11, 2021

On November 11, 1942, the Congress of Industrial Organizations began its annual convention. One of the key parts of this convention was the creation of the Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimination, an official union effort to combat racial discrimination on the job within the government,...

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This Day in Labor History: May 10, 1913

By Erik Loomis

On May 10, 2021

On May 10, 1913, white gold miners in the Transvaal region of South Africa went on strike in one of the first major strikes in that nation's history and also.

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This Day in Labor History: March 9, 1911

By Erik Loomis

On March 9, 2021

On March 9, 1911, railroad brotherhoods in Kentucky and Tennessee went on strike to protest the hiring of Black workers. This is a prime example of the way in which.

This Day in Labor History: August 29, 1933

By Erik Loomis

In General , This Day in Labor History

On August 29, 2020

On August 29, 1933, the National Miners Union shut down mines in Gallup, New Mexico. This labor action, which in many ways pitted Mexican miners against Navajo miners, demonstrates the racial complexity of American labor history and how different cultural practices around politics and work...