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 other books and essays. She is working on The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1940 and a new biography of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
LAWCHA News

New: Spring/Summer 2012 Newsletter

In this issue: Bread and Roses Centennial Effort to Save Blair Mountain Update The Dirty Work of the “Underclass” Occupy Labor: What Role

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Action Alerts (Old)

Solidarity for Chicago Teachers Union

The Occupy Chicago Labor Working Group is morphing into a solidarity committee bringing labor and community organizations together in support of the CTU

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Action Alerts (Old)

Friends of Blair Mountain

The Friends of Blair Mountain are going to publish the statement below in a new journal dedicated to Blair Mountain. We will also

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Action Alerts (Old)

Indonesian Clothing Workers Demand Justice

The situation is only getting worse for Adidas workers in Indonesia who have been robbed of the $1.8 million they earned sewing University

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Annual Meeting Minutes LAWCHA News

Annual Membership Meeting Minutes, 2012

Saturday, April 21, 2012, LAWCHA luncheon (at OAH-Milwaukee Hilton City Center). Meeting called to order at 12:30 p.m. by President Shel Stromquist. Report

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Call for Proposals Labor History LAWCHA News OpEd

CFP: “Rights, Solidarity and Justice,” LAWCHA National Conference, June 6-8, 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS: “Rights, Solidarity and Justice: Working People Organizing, Past and Present” LAWCHA National Conference, June 6-8, 2013, New York City.

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Events (Old)

Steelworkers’ 70th birthday: The Past Inspires the Future

Kenneth Germanson, president emeritus of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, shares with LAWCHA his article on the USW’s recent 70-year anniversary (photo gallery).

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Events (Old) LAWCHA

LAWCHA at the OAH, April, 2012

In late April the annual conference of the Organization of American Historians convened in Milwaukee with a program that, thanks to the inspiration

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Events (Old) Labor History News

Report on the 31st Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Labor History Society, Milwaukee

Ken Germanson, President Emeritus, Wisconsin Labor History Society If there was any thought that history is irrelevant in today’s world, that was dispelled

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