Learning From David Montgomery: Worker, Historian, Activist

RACHLEFF Peter — 2012-07-08T15:30:56Z

On December 4, 2011, the labor movement, the left, the academy, and the historical profession lost a leader and friend. Eighty-four years young, David Montgomery had remained active and vital until his passing, giving an address at a labor history conference at the University of Iowa in July and speaking at a fall AFL-CIO workshop (with his son, labor economist Ed Montgomery) in Washington, D.C.; he continued to research transnational labor activism, and that research has inspired a panel (...) - Labor Movement / USA (Eng), Marxism (Eng), Capitalism (Eng), History (conception), 19^th Century, 20^th Century, MONTGOMERY David

David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman

FRANK Dana — 2012-01-18T15:02:34Z

When people first met him, they were sometimes confused or fooled. Surely this mild-mannered, shy, even a bit socially awkward man couldn't be the great David Montgomery, the towering figure at the top of US labor history? I remember once in 1985 I got a ride to a labor history conference in Vancouver from a retired union carpenter. On the way home he told me he'd had a nice unassuming chat with David over breakfast. He'd been completely stunned when that same man later (...) - Labor Movement / USA (Eng), History (conception), MONTGOMERY David

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Learning From David Montgomery: Worker, Historian, Activist

David Montgomery, Grand Master Workman