Pacific Northwest Labor History

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington is pleased to announce a new set of web resources. No part of the United States claims a labor heritage quite like the Pacific Northwest. Working men and women and their labor movements have been central to the region's history and remain a powerful force in contemporary society and politics.

Newberry Seminar

The Newberry Library Seminar on Technology, Politics, and Culture
Co-Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Roosevelt University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northwestern University

2003-2004 Schedule
Fridays, 3:30-5:00 P.M., at The Newberry Library

French Left

French Left, Labour and Politics Seminar

Wednesday September 17, 2–5.30 pm
New Boardroom, Technology Tower, 166 Holloway Road, London N7

Sandwiches will be available at 1.30 pm.

Ambiguities of Work

The conference "Ambiguities of Work: Knowledge, Power, and Culture" will take place Friday, November 7, 2003, at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware. Co-sponsored by the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society and Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, the conference explores the intersections, struggles, and interrelationships over knowledge, work and the workplace.

Hoboes and Teamsters

The University of Illinois Press proudly announces the publication of two new titles in the series The Working Class in American History:

Indispensable Outcasts: Hobo Workers and Community in the American Midwest, 1880-1930 by Frank Tobias Higbie