60th Anniversary Celebration of “Salt of the Earth”, Silver City, NM (March 15)
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 in Silver City, NM a group of workers and citizens will come together to celebrate the 60th anniversary.
Labor History
New Labor History Comics: Battle of Ballantyne Pier; Flint Strike
Many thanks to Julie Smith of Trent University for passing this along. The Graphic History Collective (GHC) is pleased to announce the online.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 7, 2014
Labor History
Traveling Exhibit: “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964”
Bittersweet Harvest, a moving new bilingual exhibition organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) and circulated by SITES, examines the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 7, 2014
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.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- February 5, 2014
Activism
Labor History
Donations Needed to Restore the Mother Jones Monument
I often hear from trade unionists who stop at Mother Jones’ gravesite and monument in Mount Olive, Ill., (just off Highway 55, about.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 19, 2014
Labor History
People
Eva Swidler, “Academic Freedom From Below: Toward an Adjunct Centered Struggle”
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- January 10, 2014
Labor History
Inequality.is Makes Plain What Inequality Is
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 22, 2013
Labor History
Mother Jones Lives Facebook Page
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 22, 2013
Call for Proposals
Labor History
LRAN Conference, June 18-19 at Georgetown Law
Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- December 21, 2013
Labor History
Graphic History Collective, “Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada, 1880-1900”
Dreaming of What Might Be is the first comic book to be published as part of the larger initiative known as The Graphic.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- October 23, 2013