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.
Events

LAWCHA at the OAH

LAWCHA will be present at the 2018 OAH in Sacramento, California. We have a full schedule of panels and events associated with the

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Labor History

Labor History Today: Week of February 4, 2018

Union City’s Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Lane Windham and Julie Greene. Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois

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Labor History

Rethinking the American Labor Movement with Liz Faue

Liz Faue’s new book, Rethinking the American Labor Movement, is our field’s newest attempt to reinterpret U.S. Labor History. I asked her a

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LAWCHA

LAWCHA Election Results

Election chair Nancy Gabin has reported the results of the LAWCHA election. To start with, more members voted than in any previous election.

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Call for Proposals Events

MLWCH Deadline Extended: March 2

The 2018 colloquium, titled “Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized,” will feature a keynote address by Professor Rosemary Feurer of Northern Illinois University, as well as a roundtable

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Call for Proposals Events

MLWCH CFP Deadline Approaching: February 2, 2018

The 2018 colloquium, titled “Disorganized/De-organized/Reorganized,” will feature a keynote address by Professor Rosemary Feurer of Northern Illinois University, as well as a roundtable

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Labor History

Labor History Today: January 14-20, 2018

This week’s labor history: Dr. Martin Luther King and organized labor; John F. Kennedy guarantees federal workers the right to join unions; how

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Call for Proposals

40th Annual NALHC CFP: Deadline April 15, 2018

The Program Committee of the North American Labor History Conference (NALHC), an international conference with a global perspective on labor and working-class history,

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Labor History

A Special Relationship? A public exhibition about ties between British and American labour from the TUC Library

The Trades Union Congress Library is about to open a new exhibition, Labour’s Special Relationship?, about historic ties between the British and American

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Articles

Marxism Beyond the Economy and Exploitation Beyond the Wage, Eva-Maria Swidler

Since its inception Marxism has largely operated with a narrow definition of the economy which closely resembles capitalism’s own, focusing on wage labor

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