Publications
LAWCHA publishes a scholarly journal and a newsletter. The membership newsletter began publication in 2005 and appears twice a year, now under the editorship of Georgetown's Joe McCartin and University of Oregon's Bob Bussell. Under LAWCHA's auspices, Rosemary Fuerer maintains a teaching-focused labor history bibliography, and Peter Filardo publishes a general labor history bibliography.
LAWCHA's second publication is Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, which began publication in 2005 as well. In February 2004, the entire editorial board and much of the staff of the journal Labor History left that publication after a disagreement with publisher Taylor and Francis over the direction of the journal. According to Leon Fink, the former editor of Labor History, the principal issue was maintaining the journal's editorial independence. LAWCHA's then-president, James Green negotiated an agreement which led to the founding of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas. Labor is co-published by LAWCHA and Duke University Press.
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas received the 2005 award for "Best New Journal" from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. The award was given to the best new academic journal to start publication in the previous three years.
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