Fatigue is one of the most significant factors contributing to truck accidents on highways. Truck drivers often...
Labor
Labor history examines the people whose work sustained economies and transformed societies. Read how workers challenged exploitation and organized for greater power in the workplace.
The Qin dynasty unified China through Legalist discipline, centralized administration, and massive labor mobilization, creating a powerful...
The Jacquerie uprising of 1358 revealed how war, taxation, and aristocratic privilege pushed rural communities in medieval...
The 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain revealed the explosive tensions between coal miners seeking union rights and...
The Swing Riots reveal how economic desperation, technological displacement, and legal indifference turned lawbreaking into a language...
The abuses suffered by the working class during America’s Gilded Age were the logical outcome of an...
The medieval economy, often portrayed as rigid and hierarchical, in fact operated through a mosaic of temporary,...
The middle class is not a luxury of prosperity; it is the architecture of democracy. When that...
Alarms that didn’t sound. Valves that stuck. Temperature gauges nobody checked. Safety systems exist to prevent tragedy....
Freedom, in the American sense, was never bestowed from above. The hands that build its cities, till...
If October 18 proved anything, it is that the fight for democracy isn’t only fought in elections...
The working class of ancient Rome remains, in many respects, a hidden majority. Their lives rarely occupy...
The story of the working class is the story of the majority. It is the story of...
To look backward is to be reminded that manufacturing decline is not only about numbers or jobs;...
Factories that once symbolized resilience and prosperity are shedding workers at a pace unseen since the last...
The history of work is not only a chronicle of innovation and achievement. It is also a...
The federal government, its workforce targeted by Trump and by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency,...
Industrial health received special scientific and public attention in the Progressive period and was the subject of...
Whether this moment becomes a full recession depends on workers and households. If layoffs remain rare, the...
The medieval workplace cannot be understood apart from its religious context. To work in medieval Europe was...
The troubles and suffering of Jewish immigrants. By Dr. Bernard Weinstein1Emeritus Professor of Applied EconomicsUniversity of North...
Immigrants and their children comprised over half of manufacturing workers in 1920. By Dr. Charles HirschmanProfessor Emeritus...
Women were active participants in agriculture, urban crafts, trade, and services. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
The Industrial Revolution gave rise to some of the most egregious labor abuses in the nation’s history....
The exploration of the economics of in-kind wages in late medieval England. By Dr. Jordan ClaridgeAssistant Professor...
Many people think they know the history of Labor Day in the U.S., but the story is...
Corporations squeeze workers and their wages. By Rob DavisEnvironment and Business ReporterProPublica Photography by Sarahbeth ManeyPhotojournalistProPublica They...
It began in the late 19th century. By Dr. Gabrielle ClarkAssistant Professor of Political Science and Public...
Choosing to hire an at-home carer can be a significant and emotional decision, whether for yourself or...
Labor history remains centered on two fundamental sets of interest. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...