Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas is pleased to announce the winners of its first Best Article prize competition.
John Donoghue, 'Unfree Labor, Imperialism, and Radical Republicanism in the Atlantic World, 1630-1661' in Volume 1 Number 4. Reminding us that religious, political, and economic ideas flowed in myriad channels throughout the Atlantic world, Donoghue provides new insights into how the experiences of Puritan refugees in New England shaped their subsequent resistance to Cromwell in Old England.
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Joseph McCartin, '"Fire the Hell Out of Them": Sanitation Workers' Struggles and the Normalization of the Striker Replacement Strategy in the 1970s' in Volume 2 Number 3. President Reagan's 1981 firing of the striking air traffic controllers, ably demonstrates McCartin, was not the beginning but rather the culmination of a decade-long attack on the public-sector right to strike.
Though the Editorial Committee anticipated awarding only one prize this year, the final vote revealed a tie. John Donoghue and Joseph McCartin will split the award and share in the honor of being Labor's Best Article in Volumes 1 & 2.
The prize is announced biannually and is determined by Labor's Editorial Committee. The Editorial Committee considered all feature articles in Volumes 1 and 2 of the journal. The next Best Article prize will be announced in Winter 2008 after the publication of Volumes 3 and 4. The award carries a cash award of $1000.
Emily E. LaBarbera Twarog
Editorial Coordinator
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas
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