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In 1917, Daniel Tobin of the Teamsters replaced Lennon as AFL treasurer. Although he had taken an anti-war stance in 1916, Lennon was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to the new U.S. Department of Labor's board of mediators, a position he served on through the war years. In 1919, when Lennon was one year short of 70, his wife died.
Chicago and Cook County public-sector employer-employee issues are the responsibility of the separate Local Panel. [ 1 ] As the State's public labor relations panel, the ILRB oversees efforts by workers to unionize, and to de-unionize, Illinois public-sector agencies and workplaces.
Chicago Daily Tribune. May 8, 1905. "Labor War in Chicago." The New York Times. November 1, 1903. "Legal Tilt Over Strike." Chicago Daily Tribune. May 13, 1905. "Mayor Has Hope of Ending Strike." Chicago Daily Tribune. April 17, 1905. Montgomery, David. The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865 ...
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 ...
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like ...
The Montgomery Ward Company Complex is the former national headquarters of Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm. The property is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River at 618 W. Chicago Avenue in Near North Side , Chicago , Illinois .
Chicago Tribune. December 6, 1981. "Labor War in Chicago." New York Times. November 1, 1903. Leidenberger, Georg. Chicago's Progressive Alliance: Labor and the Bid for Public Streetcars. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-87580-356-3 "May Ask Mayor to Form Bomb, Arson Bureau." Chicago Daily Tribune. October 26, 1928.
The city and county jointly sponsored an architectural competition that Holabird & Roche won by unanimous vote. [12] Construction of the county building (east wing) began in 1905, and by 1907 some county offices were already beginning to move in. [12] Construction of city hall (the west wing) was delayed until 1909 because the city had to wait for the State to increase its borrowing authority ...