Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer

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Rosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among others. She is working on The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1940 and a new biography of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Labor History

Bill Barry Interviewed about May Day

Lucky Crosby, Chief Shop Steward, AFSCME Local 467 and Labor Historian Bill Barry discuss the history and current state of Baltimore’s workers movement.

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Action Alerts

Freedom U Holds Sit-In at University of Georgia

Beginning at 12pm EST and extending into the evening, students of Freedom University are sitting in in front of the office of the

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Activism

LRAN Website and Email List Redesign

Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce newly redesigned website and listserve for the Labor Research and Action Network, available at http://lranetwork.org. We

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Labor History OpEd

Peter Rachleff, “Telling – and considering – ‘Untold Stories'”

April and May 2014 mark the fifteenth year that the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, with the support of labor and

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Opportunity

Call for Book Reviews and Review Essays: Culture, Labor and Class

Working USA: The Journal Of Labor And Society, a cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal is calling for book reviews and review essays discussing texts relating

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Events (Old)

ASALH Conference on Civil Rights in America, Memphis, TN

September 24-28, 2014, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN. CFP Deadline, May 31, 2014. This year’s theme involves the role of women

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Labor History

Bill Williamson: Hobo, Wobbly, Communist, On-to-Ottawa Trekker, Spanish Civil War Veteran, and Photographer, by Kara Sievewright

Extensively researched by Kara, the story grows out of two letters Williamson wrote in the 1980s and two interviews with him recorded by

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Events (Old)

Labor Research & Action Network 4th Annual Conference

June 16th and 17th, 2014, at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. Explore the intersection of cutting-edge labor research and innovative

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Global Affairs Articles Labor History

Barry York, “From the Oral History collection: Issy Wyner”

Issy Wyner was born at Paddington, Sydney, in 1916 and grew up in the Rozelle-Balmain area. The interview with him was recorded for

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Opportunity

Illinois Labor History Society Executive Director Job Opening

The Illinois Labor History Society is filling a first-time position for an executive director. See the attached job description and please post and

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