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.
Call for Proposals International Conference

Australian-US Comparative and Transnational Labour History Conference

January 8-9, 2015. CFP deadline: April 15, 2014. The University of Sydney, Australia. Historians and other scholars have long recognized both similarities and

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LAWCHA

So the UAW Lost, What Can Be Done? Some History Lessons.

In the aftermath of the UAW loss in the Volkswagen union election in Tennessee, declarations of “A Titanic Defeat” echo across the blogosphere.

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OpEd

Lane Windham, “VW workers not first Southern auto workers to face choice on union”

All eyes are on Chattanooga, Tenn. as 1,500 Volkswagen workers file into voting booths this week to determine whether they will be represented

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International Conference

Vienna, Austria Conference: 10th European Social Science History Conference

The Conference welcomes papers and sessions on any topic and any historical period. It is organized in a large number of networks. The

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International Conference

New Delhi, India Conference: Labour History – A Return to Politics?

Why is a consideration of a political turn important today? Since the end of the 1970s there have been massive changes in the

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OpEd

Peter Rachleff, “The movement that sings for freedom”

Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among

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Labor History

Pete Seeger, A Voice for Social Justice (1919-2014)

LAWCHA remembers legendary folk singer and activist, Pete Seeger, who passed away on January 27, 2014. Seeger captivated multiple generations of activists through

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OpEd

Lane Windham, “Why Alt-Labor Groups Are Making Employers Mighty Nervous”

A growing minimum wage movement indicates that despite low union membership statistics, labor’s future isn’t as dire as some in the business world

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OpEd

Caring for America, a Podcast with Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein

Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among

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LAWCHA

LAWCHA at the OAH Panel and Reception, “Immigration Activism IS Labor Activism: The Undocumented Economic Justice Movement in the Old Confederacy”

Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among

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