The labor movement in the United States has been a bulwark of democracy and a driving force for social and economic equality. Yet the stories remain largely unknown to Americans.
Robert Forrant and Mary Anne Trasciatti edited a collection of essays focused on nationwide efforts to propel the history of labor and working people into mainstream narratives of US history. The book, "Where Are the Workers?" shows how working-class perspectives expand our historical memory and inspire contemporary activism. Robert Forrant shares lessons learned from nationwide efforts to promote our understanding of labor and working-class history.
Robert Forrant is Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His most recent book, Where Are the Workers: Interpreting Labor and Working-Class History at Museums and Historic Sites, was published in 2022. In early 2024 he published “‘No Avenging Gibet’: The 1860 Pemberton Mill Collapse” in The New England Quarterly.
