Labor

The Labor Network of the Social Science History Association (SSHA) brings together scholars interested in work, labor, and working-class and labor movements, as they interact with and are formed by class, race, and gender identities and experiences. Engaged in interdisciplinary research, we come from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, history, labor and working-class studies, political science, and sociology. Areas of interest to scholars in the network include but are not limited to comparative and historical perspectives on work; global, national, and local labor movements; class formation and mobilization; inequalities of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation as they shape work and class organization; informal economies, unfree labor, and precarious work; social movements, unions, and working-class organizations and cultures; immigration and family structures.

Embracing “worker self-organization” as a principle for SSHA conferences and democratic collaborative in its practice, the labor network aims to not only provide a forum for intellectual exchange on labor and labor movements, but also to encourage networking, mentoring, and active support for our shared research interests. Our network has common interests with most SSHA networks and organizes and crosslists panels across network lines.

Network Representatives

• Christina Groeger
• Tristan Ivory
• Amanda Walter
• Gregory Wood