''Labor: Studies in Working-Class History'' is a

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ed quarterly journal which publishes articles regarding the history of the labor movement in the United States. It is the official journal of the

Labor and Working-Class History Association The Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) is a non-profit association of academics, educators, students, and labor movement and other activists that promotes research into and publication of materials on the history of the labor move ...

(LAWCHA) and is published by

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. ''Labor'' is edited by Leon Fink (

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), who previously edited ''

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''.

Scope

The journal publishes articles which focus on workers and the economic and political regimes under which they perform work. Although much of the journal's focus is on labor unions in the United States, the journal has expanded its focus to examine non-union agricultural work, slavery, unpaid and domestic labor, informal employment, and other topics. Articles focus primarily on the

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, but the journal has begun to focus on labor movements in

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and

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as well as transnational comparisons that shed light on the American labor movement. The target audience for the journal comprises academics, students, workers, and labor movement officials and activists.

Publication history

''Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas'' was founded in February 2004 when Fink, along with the entire editorial board of ''

'' and much of the staff, left that publication after a disagreement with publisher

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over the direction of the journal. According to Fink, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence. ''Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas'' is endorsed by the

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(SPARC), as a SPARC Alternative. In 2016 the board voted to adjust the subtitle to ''Labor: Studies in Working-Class History'' to reflect a new translational scope that stretched beyond the Western hemisphere. As of 2017, the journal is housed in the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and/or indexed in several selective, scholarly

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s, including: Alternative Press Index, America: History and Life,

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, SocINDEX,

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, and

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Awards

''Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas'' was chosen "Best New Journal" by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals in 2005.

External links

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Labor and Working-Class History Association

References

Labour journals History of the Americas journals Works about the labor movement History of labor relations in the United States Duke University Press academic journals {{history-journal-stub