My current project examines how U.S. industrial union leaders engaged in political lobbying and worked through international trade union federations to advance their interests related to international trade, capital movements, and global labor standards from the 1940s through the 1980s.
Melanie R. Sheehan
Harvard-Newcomen Fellow
Harvard-Newcomen Fellow
I am a historian of U.S. labor, business, and international political economy. My work focuses on the politics of organized labor and multinational corporations on international trade and investment issues during the twentieth century.
I am a historian of U.S. labor, business, and international political economy. My work focuses on the politics of organized labor and multinational corporations on international trade and investment issues during the twentieth century.
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My current project examines how U.S. industrial union leaders engaged in political lobbying and worked through international trade union federations to advance their interests related to international trade, capital movements, and global labor standards from the 1940s through the 1980s.