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Enthralling new ‘Chicago Stories’ docs recount milestone events in rich detail

Films on WTTW-Channel 11 offer context for key junctures from the Our Lady of the Angels fire to Mayor Richard J. Daley’s urban renewal efforts,

Chicago Sun-Times

How the Solidarity of Black Workers Advanced Labor Rights for All

A scholar uncovers her family’s story, and America’s.

Capital & Main

Hollywood on the picket line – 5 unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen

Some of Hollywood’s top stars are joining screenwriters on the picket line after the main U.S. actors union voted to take part in an ongoing strike.

The Conversation

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Is Elon Musk creating a utopian city? The hellish, heavenly history of company towns

The Tesla founder has broken ground on a plot in Texas, while Google and Meta are building workers’ homes in California. Should we be celebrating or worrying?

The Guardian - UK

Field Museum’s new exhibition tells stories of the Calumet region’s environment, history

Chicago’s South Side and northwest Indiana are part of one distinct area — the Calumet region. “Calumet Voices, National Stories” spotlights the region, its culture and heritage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michael Hiltzik: Greedy railroads are to blame for rail strike threat. Why should Congress help them?

The prevailing take on the looming national rail crisis is that a few recalcitrant railroad unions are poised go on strike Dec. 9, provoking an industrywide labor walkout that would inflict a "crippling" blow to the U.S. economy.

Los Angeles Times

The past, present and future of tipping and tipped workers in Seattle

SEATTLE — Did you know it was once a misdemeanor to leave a tip in Washington state?

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Black union pioneers honored on Labor Day

“Despite Jim Crow and the challenges that Black people faced, people who worked on the railroad had an opportunity to build a better life,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said during an event at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site.

Chicago Sun-Times

5 movies about our rich labor history

Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

Salon

5 unsung films that dramatize America's rich labor history

Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is in the midst of a new upsurge of union organizing. Is a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind?

The Conversation

‘We draw you in with beauty’

The Chicago Botanic Garden, marking its 50th anniversary with outdoor art, strives to delight, preserve and teach.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Pullman Company Maids’ exhibit captures Black women’s work experience during Jim Crow

Long overshadowed by the porter men, the maids were smaller in number. Often they were the only Black female employee within a Pullman car.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: May 2, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Spotlight shines on Pullman porters in major expansion of South Side museum

A museum dedicated to the men was temporarily closed during the pandemic, but a grant allowing it to expand will help revitalize the northern end of the neighborhood, which is sometimes overlooked after Pullman was declared a National Historic Monument.

Chicago Sun-Times

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