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LAWCHA

The Latest Strike Against Academic Freedom

I wrote an entry for LaborOnline in September concerning a faculty member at the University of Kansas. David Guth, an associate professor of.

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LAWCHA

Italian Hall Tragedy: 100 Years Later

Today, Christmas Eve, 2013, marks the 100-year anniversary of the Italian Hall Tragedy in Calumet, Michigan, one of the most tragic events in.

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Events (Old)

LAWCHA at the AHA: Dinner with Karen Nussbaum

LAWCHA dinner with Karen Nussbaum, Executive Director of Working America, to be held Friday, January 3rd at 7 p.m. at the Café Dupont.

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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.

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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.

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LAWCHA

Thinking of Calumet 1913

My husband keeps expressing a hankering to go up to Calumet, Michigan on Christmas eve to commemorate the 73 people, mostly children, who.

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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.

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LAWCHA

Gutman Prize Deadline Extension to January 10

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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OpEd

Jessican Wilkerson, “Remembering the Mothers Who Fought for Food Assistance”

I recently had a conversation with a family member—let’s call her Sally—who is convinced that our cousin, who is poor and struggles with.

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Call for Proposals

Taft Prize Deadline Sunday, December 15

I am pleased to announce the beginning of the annual competition for the Philip Taft Labor History Award. The competition is open to.

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