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The IBEW Local Union 15 Workers Memorial lists at least six workers who died as a result of workplace accidents at Fisk Station: [16] [17] Peter J. Gregor, 35-year-old foreman was fatally burned on February 2, 1937. Robert A. Hurtienne, a 55-year-old station electrician fell from a ladder on October 15, 1938.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents approximately 820,000 workers and retirees [1] in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, [3] Guam, [4] [5] Panama, [6] Puerto Rico, [7] and the US Virgin Islands; [7] in particular electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction industry and lineworkers and other employees of public ...
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 1891 820,000 Electrical manufacturing workers; electric utility workers. 2012: IBEW: Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) 1903 669,772 Miscellaneous construction workers; other trades. 2022: LIUNA: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) 1888 ...
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.
Crawford Generating Station was a coal−fired power plant built in 1924. [1] It was located in the South Lawndale community of Chicago, Illinois.. It was closed in 2012 after a long battle with the community over pollution, like the nearby Fisk Generating Station.
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Warrenville was founded in 1833 when Julius Warren and his family moved west from New York to seek a fresh start from a failing gristmill and distillery.Daniel Warren, Julius' father, claimed land at what is now McDowell Woods and Julius claimed land at what is now the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve. [4]
TDA members flashing gang signs and wearing their uniforms of choice — Chicago Bulls T-shirts and caps — could be seen outside the Standard Club migrant shelter downtown, where two local ...