I maintain the historical records of the American Federation of Teachers at the Walter Reuther Library.https://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3mgd7phig3s2nHey all you academics, labor activists! The North American Labor History Conference is looking for papers! This year the theme is Workers, Unions, and the Role of Government. But of course we also love other topics as well. #laborhistory #1U https://nalhc.wayne.edu/call-for-papers05 Mar 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd7phig3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3m46oqsdgfk2tThe Shanker Travel Fellowship 2026 is up! reuther.wayne.edu/opportunity This grant helps with grad students or faculty who wish to utilize the AFT collections or related collections dealing with history of edu at the Reuther Library. @lawcha.bsky.social @histedresearch.bsky.social #laborhistory https://reuther.wayne.edu/opportunity27 Oct 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46oqsdgfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lxkmnjbcmk24Margaret Haley, 1861 – 1939. Founder of the Chicago Teachers Federation @ctulocal1.bsky.social , co-founder of the @aft.org. The Lady Labor Slugger. The Princesses of Petitions. Learn more this #laborday #laborhistory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUmJms0wbMc29 Aug 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkmnjbcmk24https://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lwyml4ze4s2pAwesome chat on Tales from the Reuther about paraprofessionals with Nick Juravich reuther.wayne.edu/node/15421 @aft.org‬ @uftnyc.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social #unionpower #education #laborhistory https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/1542122 Aug 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwyml4ze4s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lvsrwuxcy22uIts another podcast!!! reuther.wayne.edu/node/15420 about Eddie Sadlowski, a charismatic and progressive Chicago steelworker who led a highly visible yet unsuccessful dissident campaign in the contentious election for the USWA’s presidency in 1977. #laborhistory #1U @steelworkers.bsky.social https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/1542007 Aug 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsrwuxcy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lqfezzbxlc24300 teachers from Minneapolis FT Local 59, protest in front of school admin building April 1965. Y you ask?! The admin tacked on 3 extra days to the school day without additional pay!! This was life for teachers before a strong union contract ‪@educationmn.bsky.social‬ #1U #union30 May 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfezzbxlc24https://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3loyan7vsec25Happy to open the Mobile Federation of Teachers Local 777 records. These records document how this local tried to protect tenure and maternity rights all under the issue of integration in the 1970s. And so much more! https://archives.wayne.edu/repositories/2/resources/3463 @aft.org #1u #historyeducation12 May 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyan7vsec25https://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lnie26squ22zTales from the Reuther's new podcast talking about child care and the the Worthy Wages movement centered in Seattle from the 1980s through the 2000s with Dr. Justine Modica. reuther.wayne.edu/node/15385 @aftunion.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social #daycare #childcare #fairwage https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/1538523 Apr 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnie26squ22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3llyprtev3225My colleague created this research guide on Milliken vs. Bradley! https://guides.lib.wayne.edu/c.php?g=1435037&p=10685837 #integration #education #segregation04 Apr 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyprtev3225https://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3ll7ut4iax22ghttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250324-the-magical-medieval-tale-revealed-by-a-100000-dollar-camera25 Mar 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7ut4iax22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lif6xj7rik2u@aftunion.bsky.social president from 1968-1974, David Selden wrote a essay about vouchers. Does his arguments still hold true? #education #vouchers tinyurl.com/39r22hxd https://tinyurl.com/39r22hxd17 Feb 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lif6xj7rik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3li6s56oa2k2mhttps://www.ksl.com/article/51254064/cox-inks-bills-to-ban-public-sector-collective-bargaining-limit-transgender-student-access-to-dorms15 Feb 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6s56oa2k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3li6rzbyrx22khttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/national-archives-head-resigns-as-trump-takes-control-of-records/15 Feb 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6rzbyrx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3lfuwuancmc22Hey folks on this podcast Tales from the Reuther. Dr. Harris Dousemetzis shares the extraordinary impact of U.S. President Jimmy Carter on gay rights in the 1970s and early 1980s from his book The Carter Presidency and Gay Rights. reuther.wayne.edu/node/15363 #lgbtq #jimmycarter #humanrights https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/1536316 Jan 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfuwuancmc22https://bsky.app/profile/aftarchivist.bsky.social/post/3ldyfin6wgs2xLast podcast of the year! And we chat with audiovisual archivist Mary Wallace about her 27 year career at the Reuther library as she prepares to retire in January 2025. reuther.wayne.edu/node/15362 https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/1536223 Dec 2024 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:bo6m73agk6ygqij73aagiyio/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyfin6wgs2x