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Elizabeth Chambers Morgan (June 16, 1850 – February 11, 1944) was an American labor organizer, social reformer, and socialist agitator based in Chicago, Illinois.She immigrated to the United States from England with her husband Thomas J. Morgan in 1869.
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.
On 1 May 1886 Albert Parsons, head of the Chicago Knights of Labor, led 80,000 people down Michigan Avenue in Chicago in what is regarded as the first modern May Day Parade, with the cry, "Eight-hour day with no cut in pay." In the next few days they were joined nationwide by 350,000 workers who went on strike at 1,200 factories, including ...
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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 ...
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The Wages and Hours (later Fair Labor Standards) Act is passed, banning child labor and setting the 40-hour work week. [40] The Act went into effect in October 1940, and was upheld in the Supreme Court on 3 February 1941. 1939 (United States) Chrysler Auto Strike occurred. [40] Flint Sit-Down Strike window 1939 (United States)
Salad and Go locations will have special holiday hours on Labor Day and will be open between 8 a.m. — 9 p.m., with breakfast service available until 11 a.m. Scooter’s Coffee .