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Chicago Federation of Labor and Center for Labor and Community Research (2001). Creating a Manufacturing Career Path System in Cook County. Center for Labor & Community Research (2003). The State of Illinois Manufacturing.
The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is an umbrella organization for unions in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is a subordinate body of the AFL–CIO , and as of 2011 has about 320 affiliated member unions representing half a million union members in Cook County.
A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire (96): 287– 288. ISSN 0294-1759. JSTOR 20475227. Dabscheck, Braham (2007). "Review of Death in the Haymarket: A Story Of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America".
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In 1909, the Chicago IWW reported 100 local organizations. [45] From 1908 onwards, the more energetic Chicago IWW could take credit for far the greatest share of organizing and propagandizing. [53] Hoxie observed that quasi anarchistic unionists like those in the Chicago IWW have a different goal than the socialistic unionists such as the ...
The Illinois Department of Labor announced that it will continue to seek over $3.8 million in back wages and benefits for over 350 workers affected by the April closures on the same day as the ...
The mural depicts local labor history, including the Chicago & Alton Railroad shops and the 1922 Shops workers' strike; a 1917 visit by Mary Harris "Mother" Jones in supporting of striking streetcar workers; a 1937 strike at the Beich Candy Company and the 1978 Normal Fire Fighters' strike. The mural was painted by Kari Sandhaas from 1984 to 1986.
It was formed "To encourage the preservation and study of labor history in the Illinois region, and to arouse public interest in the profound significance of the past to the present." Since the 1970s, the Society has held the deed to the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument , and been responsible for its maintenance and restoration.