Learn about the area's unionizing history and present-day efforts.
Labor unions began forming in the U.S. in the early 19th century, partly to address concerns about working conditions. In Murder by Degrees, the consequences of unsafe working environments are highlighted through a preventable tragedy. Learn about unionizing efforts in Central Oregon with labor journalist, Michael Funke.
Michael Funke is a native Oregonian who has lived in Bend since 2001. He is a retired labor journalist, a member of the National Writers Union, a delegate to the Central Oregon Labor Chapter/AFL-CIO, a flyfisher, and producer of the Radical Songbook radio show at www.piratebutteradio.com and a podcast at www.theradicalsongbook.com.
Murder by Degrees is a thrillingly atmospheric tale of intrigue, featuring a brilliant female doctor who’s ahead of her time. Set in Philadelphia, 1875, the debut novel by Ritu Mukerji, Dr. Lydia Weston is preparing for the start of a new term at Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, when the body of a young woman is fished out of the Schuylkill River. The death is ruled a suicide, but Lydia is suspicious. As the investigation unfolds, Lydia puts to use all her diagnostic skills and autopsy table acumen to pursue the killer.
Ritu Mukerji was born in Kolkata, India, and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. From a young age, she has been an avid reader of mysteries, from Golden Age crime fiction to police procedurals and the novels of PD James and Ruth Rendell. She received a BA in history from Columbia University and a medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She completed residency training at the University of California, Davis and has been a practicing internist for fifteen years. She lives in Marin County, California, with her husband and three children.
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