Emotional labor is one of the most useful ideas to come out of labor scholars in the last 25 years (it may have been articulated earlier, I'm not sure, but it's gone mainstream since 2010 or so). It does such a great job explaining the...
women and work
On June 16, 1958, the Chicago Crossing Guards Association rejected an offer from AFSCME to join the union because these women did not believe the union would fight effectively for.
On February 20, 1917, leftist women in New York City, led by the anarchist Marie Ganz, held a big protest against high food prices. This led to a boycott to.
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act. This narrow but important bill overturned Sam Alito's "logic" in deciding that women couldn't sue for pay discrimination unless they could prove decisions were made about six months before they filed an Equal...
On November 14, 1903, leading unionists and female reformers met in Boston to create the Women's Trade Union League. This was an effort to support unions for women workers and.
On October 16, 1937, the Buchanan Dam, which dammed the Colorado River of Texas, west of the town of Burnet, was dedicated. This event might not seem to have a.
President Barak Obama Equal Pay Bill Signing East Room It's rare that a single person's fight for justice results in a law being named for them that will be remembered for the entire history of this country. RIP to this legend.
When I do research in newspapers, I find what I am looking for, but you also get distracted by all sorts of things. For example, I was looking in Oregon.
On July 19, 1935, leftist housewives in Detroit, led by a woman named Mary Zuk, began a meat boycott in outrage over high prices. This remarkable moment demonstrates the centrality.
Interesting breakdown in Variety about the role of women leading the writers strike. “Why did this strike look different? The people at the forefront of it really have been a lot of marginalized writers — writers of color, women and queer writers,” says Caroline Renard,...
I hate the false dichotomy above, which comes from this interview with the food writer Anya von Bremzen about her new book on national dishes, which includes a chapter on.
I've stated this before, but the late 60s and 70s are full of things that almost became law, did not, and then were just dropped from the progressive agenda. Among.