Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer

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

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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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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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Expertise Needed: Inter-Union and Federation-Level Organizing: New and Forgotten Methods

The AFL-CIO has formed a committee of labor historians to prepare a document to help them think about the future of organized labor.

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Last Call for LRAN Travel Funding (Deadline: April 26)

Last call for LRAN conference travel funding! We are still accepting requests for travel funding for the LRAN conference. For all grad students,

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