The North American Labor History Conference

To Register for NALHC 2024, Click HERE!

Registration for the North American Labor History Conference is available to attendees on a sliding scale. Regular Registration, or the full registration rate, is $90.00 for the entire conference and includes lunch options for Friday and Saturday. Other registration options and their costs will vary depending on your institutional/union affiliation and employment status. Discounted, $40.00 rates for non-Wayne State students, faculty, and union members are available, though conference lunches are not included and will require separate payment. Wayne State students can attend NALHC for free but must register using their unique, Access ID provided by the university.

NALHC Returns for Work and Democracy: October 10-12th

The North American Labor History Conference is a nationally-recognized conference exploring the past, present, and future of the labor movement in the Americas. Established in 1979 by Philip P. Mason, the founder and first director of the Walter P. Reuther Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, it grew from a small regional conference to the major labor conference in the country.  The NALHC showcased an entire generation of labor scholars with cutting-edge research and gave budding graduate students their start not to mention serving as the launching pad for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA). 

Having run continuously from 1979 as an annual conference, we began a biennial schedule in 2018, but have been on hiatus due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Now, in October 2024, we are bringing back the NALHC as a three-day conference from Thursday, October 10th, to Saturday, October 12th. It will be hosted by Labor@Wayne, the Department of History, the Reuther Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, and our other academic and organizing partners at Wayne State University.

All panels at this year’s NALHC will be held in either the historic Walter P. Reuther Library on Cass Avenue (Thursday) or in the Student Center on campus (Friday and Saturday). A historical exhibit down Reuther Mall on campus will show the way between buildings. Instructions on registration, lodgings, parking, transportation, dining options, and local attractions are available along with the preliminary conference program that follows.

Access the Preliminary Conference Program

A preliminary program for the 2024 North American Labor History Conference can be accessed using the link provided below. Please understand that, while this program aims to provide attendees with a hollistic schedule for the conference, final program planning may differ slightly from what is noted here. If you have any outstanding questions regarding the conference program or have any other concerns, please email us at NALHC@wayne.edu.

For the 2024 North American Labor History Conference Program, Click HERE!