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.
LAWCHA

Staughton Lynd’s Message at the Closing Plenary, LAWCHA Conference, NYC

Staughton Lynd, historian and longtime labor and social activist sent the following message and greeting to be read at the Closing Plenary of

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Labor History OpEd

Labor History YouTube Course by the Boilermakers Local 647

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

Time for Truth and Reconciliation by the AFL-CIO?

A remarkable commemoration occurred recently in Winston-Salem, North Carolina–a tribute to the connections forged between civil rights and unionism 70 years ago. Rosemary

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Labor History OpEd

“The Work That Makes All Other Work Possible”: A Dialogue with Ai-jen Poo and Premilla Nadasen

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 OpEd

“Happy (100th) Birthday, Local 8!” by Tukufu Zuberi and Peter Cole

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 OpEd

Cleveland LaborFest (February 23, 2013) Videos

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

Labor historian Bob Korstad on “why I chose to be arrested”

On May 6, Bob Korstad joined civil rights activists, 2 former presidents of the Organization of American Historians and other concerned citizens to

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Events (Old) Labor History OpEd

History of Capitalism Summer Camp, Cornell University

July 14-25. Join 25 other historians and get the skills you need to understand economic theory, interpret quantitative sources, make sense of corporate

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Labor History LAWCHA OpEd

Petition to Support the NLRB by the Labor Research & Action Network

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

Workers’ Memorial Day Reflections

As I write this it’s Workers’ Memorial Day, an event that barely gets a blip on the media screens. But it brought to

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