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1. dcc.newberry.orgThe Jungle and the Community: Workers and Reformers in Turn ...

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   Nov 4, 2013 · Charles J. Bushnell, “Map No. 4 of Chicago Showing the Geographical Relations of the Largest Industires”, “Map No. 5 Stock Yard & Hyde Park Districts of Chicago Showing Distribution of Foreign Population and Child Mortality in A.D. 1898,” and “Map No. 6 Stock Yard & Hyde Park Districts of Chicago Showing Distribution of Public Institutions and of Criminality in A.D. 1900” (1901)

2. chicago.suntimes.com › 2019/8/30 › 20834978The labor movement has deep roots in Illinois — here’s why

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   Aug 30, 2019 · Illinois is home to five of the most significant figures and events in the history of the nation’s labor movement, including the strike that led to the creation of Labor Day. In this 1909 photo ...

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3. www.atlasobscura.com › places › pullman-historicPullman Historic District – Chicago, Illinois - Atlas Obscura

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   Sep 13, 2016 · Built in 1880 on 4,000 acres of land outside of the Chicago city limits, Pullman, Illinois, was the first industrial planned community in the United States.. George Pullman, of the Pullman ...

4. dcc.newberry.orgChicago Workers during the Long Gilded Age – Digital ...

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   May 14, 2012 · The Garment Workers’ Strike. Between 1880 and 1920, 20 percent of women over the age of 10 joined the paid labor force. In cities like New York and Chicago, a significant portion of these women worked in the garment industry as dressmakers and embroiderers.

5. www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org › pages › 1381Work - Encyclopedia of Chicago

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   Work. Beef dressing floor, 1952. In the late nineteenth century, booming Chicago struck visitors as the “purest kind of commercial city,” a place devoted to work and moneymaking. More than its notoriety for crime, corruption, and political machines, work has defined Chicago in popular and literary imagery, shaped the city's character, and ...

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6. www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org › pages › 1284Unionization - Encyclopedia of Chicago

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   They sponsored labor newspapers in various languages, a vibrant cooperative movement, and a United Labor Party which seemed poised to win control of the city government. More than 40,000 joined a general strike for the eight-hour day in May 1886, and throughout the world Chicago became a great symbol of labor solidarity.

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   Is Chicago a 'labor town'?

   • Chicago's historic reputation as a “labor town” is somewhat misleading. Workers have built some of the strongest organizations in the country, but unions have often struggled for life against well-organized, militant employers, and racial and ethnic diversity has shaped the movement's character as much as the dynamics of social class.

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   Are women active in Chicago's labor movement?

   • Women have been active in the city's labor movement at least since the formation of the Chicago Working Women's Union (CWWU) in the mid-1870s and were instrumental in efforts to organize the clothing trades and other industries with substantial female labor forces.

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   What was the first major labor incident in Chicago?

   • The first major labor incident in Chicago was part of a nationwide railroad strike that began in West Virginia in 1877 after a railroad company continually slashed wages due to an economic depression. Although unions were not yet widespread, thousands of Chicagoans joined the strike.

   The Clash of Wealth and Labor in Chicago's Gilded Age

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   What was Chicago's labor movement like during WW2?

   • As late as the beginning of the Second World War, Chicago's labor movement was still dominated by the AFL unions, which had a 1939 membership of over 330,000 compared to the CIO's 60,000.

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   Why was Chicago a great symbol of Labor Solidarity?

   • They sponsored labor newspapers in various languages, a vibrant cooperative movement, and a United Labor Party which seemed poised to win control of the city government. More than 40,000 joined a general strike for the eight-hour day in May 1886, and throughout the world Chicago became a great symbol of labor solidarity.

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   How many Chicago workers walked off their jobs in May 1886?

   • During the first week of May 1886, 35,000 Chicago workers walked off of their jobs in massive strikes to protest their lengthy work weeks. Some of these strikes involved violent skirmishes with the police. At least two strikers were killed on May 3.

   Chicago Workers during the Long Gilded Age

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8. interactive.wttw.com › playlist › 2018/02/06The Clash of Wealth and Labor in Chicago's Gilded Age

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   Feb 6, 2018 · The first major labor incident in Chicago was part of a nationwide railroad strike that began in West Virginia in 1877 after a railroad company continually slashed wages due to an economic depression. Although unions were not yet widespread, thousands of Chicagoans joined the strike. Militia and police were called in to brutally suppress the ...