Labor History starter pack
Scholars, activists and institutions who post about the histories of work, workers, unions, class, labor etc.
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@willpjones.bsky.social
@nfrykman.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism, revolution, and the sea. Author of THE BLOODY FLAG: MUTINY IN THE AGE OF ATLANTIC REVOLUTION (tinyurl.com/2p8e79yz)
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
@jeffschuhrke.bsky.social
Author of Blue-Collar Empire (Verso, 2024). Labor historian, journalist, unionist.
@marisollebron.bsky.social
Queer Latina | Professor | Policing Life & Death | Aftershocks of Disaster | Against Muerto Rico | PRsyllabus
@thigbie.bsky.social
I teach U.S. history & labor studies at a public university in California. First 40 years in the Midwest. Posting personal opinions about labor & migration history, worker organizing, higher ed policy, Midwest politics and regionalism. He/him.
@michaelbilleaux.bsky.social
Historical sociologist studying race, class, and politics in North America, especially the Great Lakes region. Tech college prof, AFT member
@lucaspoy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Research fellow International Institute of Social History | Labour and social historian | History of labor, socialism, and internationalism | Latin America | https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lucas-poy
@robynm.bsky.social
Historian of the 20th-century US, especially social movements, social policy, women, and labor. Prof at University of Maryland, College Park. All opinions are my own.
@andersondavidm.bsky.social
@jessiew.bsky.social
Author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight | Historian of 20th C U.S., Appalachia, labor, women & gender | Associate Prof. at WVU | Views mine. JessicaWilkerson.org
@alexasparks.bsky.social
History PhD Student at Wayne State University Historian of the working-class studying everyday politics, interracial organizing, and the Civil Rights Movement.
@josephamccartin.bsky.social
Labor historian; Exec. Dir. Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor & the Working Poor; President, Labor & Working Class History Assn (LAWCHA)
@manfrede.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia. Researching China, social movements, labor, authoritarianism. Author of "Workers and Change in China." He/him. Website: https://manfredelfstrom.com
@lanewindham.bsky.social
Activist, writer, historian, labor and working-class issues. Author Knocking on Labor's Door
@ephillipshist.bsky.social
History and sociology of computation and calculation 18thc-present. Labour, technology, economics. Observatory of Quantum Technologies (La Salle-URL): https://quantumtechobservatory.com Small Science (UAB) https://eoinphillips.com From Wales
@sethrockman.bsky.social
Historian at Brown University: https://history.brown.edu/people/seth-e-rockman Author of _Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery_ Nov. 2024, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo237040605.html
@joursouhist.bsky.social
The Journal of Southern History—published by the Southern Historical Association and edited at and supported by Rice University—is a quarterly devoted to the history of the American South broadly conceived. thesha.org/jsh
@cathleendcahill.bsky.social
Historian of US women & gender, race & citizenship in the GAPE. Currently working on a graphic history. 🖍️I’ve lived in all 4 continental time zones, but CA in the redwoods 🌲is home.
@aimloiselle.bsky.social
Writer, historian, educator, snacker, gardener Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican & Southern White Women Fought for Place in American Working Class (UNCP 2023) US labor history, women and global capitalism, pop culture representations of work and wealth
@gauthamrao.bsky.social
Historian. #LFGM #LFC NYM-G-K-I. edit Law & History Review. my opinions. he/him/his. Book projects on (1) slavery + laws; (2) The West Wing.
@iehs.bsky.social
Founded in 1965, the IEHS promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach. https://iehs.org/
@daisy-pitkin.bsky.social
Union Organizer. Writer. Newish Yinzer. Director at Starbucks Workers United. Author of ON THE LINE, Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union
@illinoispress.bsky.social
University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918
@glendagilmore.bsky.social
Historian who lives in Connecticut and County Kerry. Latest book is Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination.
@sslh.bsky.social
Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
@mundosdotrabalho.bsky.social
The Brazilian Review of Labour History Intl. Assoc. of Labour History Institutions Double blind peer review, no fees, open access, DOI, ORCID, DOAJ Qualis A1 👉🏾 https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho
@trevorgriffey.bsky.social
Lecturer in US History & Labor Studies at UC Irvine and UCLA. Vice President of Leg, UC-AFT, AFT Local 1474. FOIA user. Co-Founder, Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project. Gen X in Long Beach, CA. Crypt0 is a scam.
@charlottegarden.bsky.social
Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
@adamquinn.bsky.social
History PhD candidate @ University of Oregon and union member (AFT 3544). Writing a labor & environmental history of the computer industry. Comms & organizing with EWOC.
@greenhousenyt.bsky.social
Retired New York Times labor reporter, senior fellow Century Foundation, author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor
@kimkelly.bsky.social
labor journalist and author of ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL’ 🏴 big on metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. my books: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Kim-Kelly/178891913 my lefty heavy metal newsletter: salvo.ghost.io rep: The Shipman Agency
@sarahljaffe.bsky.social
Troublemaker. Vagrant. Author of From the Ashes, Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble.
@dskamper.bsky.social
Avuncular unionist, uxorious husband, labor historian, cat guy. "Who's Got the Power?: The Resurgence of American Unions" coming in 2025 from New Press. Lives in Minnesota. Posts are personal. The cat in the profile pic is Laverne, aka Peanut.
@drloisweiner.bsky.social
Career teacher, education prof, teacher union activist. Researcher, writer, in the struggle for social justice, union democracy. Socialist. https://loisweiner.net/
@greeneland.bsky.social
Labor and migration historian @UMaryland. Pre-order Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal! https://tinyurl.com/Pre-Order-Box-25
@johnwbudd.bsky.social
Work & Organizations professor at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Mgmt. Researching labor relations & work; teaching race, power & justice in business. President-elect of LERA.
@gabrielwinant.bsky.social
Historian, opinions my own. Hand upon the dollar, eye upon the scale. He/him.
@nhold.bsky.social
Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
@lawcha.bsky.social
LAWCHA promotes public and scholarly awareness of labor and working-class history through research, writing, and organizing. Find us here: http://lawcha.org & http://lhrp.georgetown.edu Join here: http://lawcha.org/join/
@cljeharvard.bsky.social
CLJE is Harvard Law School's hub of collaborative research, policy, and strategies to empower working people to build an equitable economy and democracy.
@ucblaborcenter.bsky.social
The Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. Our trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders. We also engage UC Berkeley students in learning about the labor movement.
@nlrbgov.bsky.social
National Labor Relations Board For NLRB General Counsel: @nlrbgc.bsky.social
@laborhistoryres.bsky.social
We are the Labor History Resource Project (#LHRP). We aim to elevate the images, words, voices, and films of workers in the past and present. We are a collaborative effort of scholars, activists, and supporters. linktr.ee/laborhistory
@laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
The official journal of @lawcha.bsky.social. Published by @dukepress.bsky.social To access all issues of LABOR visit https://read.dukeupress.edu/labor
@willpjones.bsky.social
Historian of race and class; Author: The March on Washington & The Tribe of Black Ulysses; Professor, University of Minnesota; President, @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social; Editor, "Up For Debate" @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social ORCHID: 0000-0001-9295-866X