Labor Studies Journal

Mission Statement

The Labor Studies Journal is the official journal of the United Association for Labor Education (UALE). It is a multi-disciplinary journal which seeks submissions based on research about work, workers, labor organizations, and labor studies and worker education in the US and internationally.

The Journal is interested in manuscripts using a diversity of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative, directed at a general audience including union, university, and community based labor educators, labor activists and scholars from across the social sciences and humanities. As a multi-disciplinary journal, manuscripts should be directed at a general audience, and care should be taken to make methods, especially highly quantitative ones, accessible to a general reader. Topics range from:

  • Union organizing strategies
  • Labor movement revitalization
  • New forms of worker representation (labor centers, etc.)
  • Race, gender and “identity” issues and labor
  • Immigration and labor
  • Globalization and labor
  • Labor and political trends
  • International labor movements
  • Labor education practices and approaches
  • Labor and the evolving economy

In addition to articles about the United States labor movement and workforce, LSJ welcomes submissions that are international and comparative. We are interested in foreign based authors who are writing about relevant subject matter in non-US countries, which have significant international or comparative implications for labor studies.

LSJ is interested in manuscripts using a diversity of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative that use ethnographic, theory-building, and formal econometric modeling. The Journal publishes empirical research in order to advance theory that expands understanding and analysis of the field of labor studies. LSJ welcomes innovative and new approaches to the study of workers directed at a general audience including union, university, and community based- labor educators, labor activists, and scholars from across the social sciences and humanities.

The Journal also includes a variety of sections such as:

  • reviews on relevant books, audio-visual, and electronic materials
  • a forum for discussion of issues about work and labor
  • a non-refereed section highlighting innovations in labor education and labor practice

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editors and Editorial Board of the Labor Studies Journal

Co-Editors

Bob Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Victor Devinatz, Illinois State University

Book Review Editor

Ericka Wills, Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Interactive Issue Editor

Victor DevinatzIllinois State University

Innovations Section Editor

Emily LB Twarog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Editorial Board Members

Steven Ashby, University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

WIlliam Brucher, Rutgers University

Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers University

Lynn Feekin, University of Oregon

Elizabeth Hoffman, Purdue University

Tom Juravich, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Stephanie Ross, York University, Canada  

Larry Savage, Brock University, Canada

Katherine Sciacchitano, National Labor College

Jennifer Sherer, University of Iowa

Louise Simmons, University of Connecticut

Emily LB Twarog, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

International Editorial Advisory Board

Canada

Gregor Murray, University of Montreal
Ann Frost, University of Western Ontario
Charlotte Yates, McMaster University

Great Britain

Ed Heery, Cardiff University
Peter Fairbrother, Cardiff University
John Kelly, Unversity of London

Australia

David Peetz, Griffith University
Barbara Pocock, University of Southern Australia

Far East

Anita Chan, University of Technology, Sydney
Edson Urano, Sophia University

Latin America

Enrique de la Garza Toledo, Autonomous Metropolitan University, México
Graciela Bensusan, Autonomous Metropolitan University, México

Africa

Eddie Webster, University of the Witwatersrand

European Continent

Jean Yves-Boulin, University of Paris-Dauphine
Thomas Greven, Feree University of Berlin

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