LABOR DAY Pullman Community Is the Place to Be for Labor Day 2008! Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood is shaping up to become the greatest place in the city to celebrate Labor Day in 2008.
The storm center of perhaps the most famous industrial conflict of the 19th century was the charming and wholly owned planned community where industrialist George Pullman manufactured the sleeping cars.
Although the factory is partially gone, the dramatic Clock Tower remains and industrial artifacts from the vanished steel industry are on display. The Hotel and factory property belong now to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and can be toured by appointment.
The partly-restored factory/Clocktower building will serve as the perfect backdrop for the day's celebration, which begins at 2:00 p.m. -address 11035 S. Cottage Grove Ave (111th St).
Labor Day visitors will have the unexpected pleasure of hearing from historic personalities associated with labor struggles throughout the years. These will include young Jennie Curtis, who headed the “girls” local union in 1894, and Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union during the Pullman Strike of 1894. There will be major appearances by A. Philip Randolph, president of the Sleeping Car Porters Union, and no less than President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who will remind everyone that this is the 75th anniversary of the New Deal. During that time the Pullman plant employees were organized once again, this time by the newly formed United Steelworkers of the CIO.
The free program is sponsored by the Pullman Civic Organization, the Pullman Historic Foundation, the Illinois Labor History Society, Illinois AFL-CIO, the Bronzeville/Chicago Black History Society and other organizations.
Further information: contact Tom Shepherd of the Pullman Civic Organization 773-370-3305, or the ILHS at 312-663-4107 - or visit the web site: http://laborday.pullmanevents.info
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