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“The Work That Makes All Other Work Possible”: A Dialogue with Ai-jen Poo and Premilla Nadasen

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 OpEd

“Happy (100th) Birthday, Local 8!” by Tukufu Zuberi and Peter Cole

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

A “Death” the Whole World Should See

I saw a fascinating documentary recently at a local film festival. The name of it is “A Band Called Death,” and it is.

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Labor History OpEd

Cleveland LaborFest (February 23, 2013) Videos

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

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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LAWCHA

Howard Zinn’s Greatest Error

Shortly after Howard Zinn’s death in January 2010, the Occupy movement took to the streets, many of its most vocal proponents brandishing his.

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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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Labor History LAWCHA OpEd

Petition to Support the NLRB by the Labor Research & Action Network

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

Postindustrial Noir: Assessing The Wire

Editors Note: Duke University Press allows us free access to one selected journal article or forum published in each issue of Labor: Working.

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LAWCHA

Sharpen Your Pencils and Your Pitchforks

The battle against teachers and their unions seemed to crescendo last year during Chicago’s teacher strike.  The mainstream media had a field day.

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