Police unions were born of resistance to discipline for brutality. Do they belong in the labor movement?
Tag: labor history
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Remembering the Haymarket Affair and the city’s attempts to forget it
Chicago has been strangely reluctant to commemorate one of the most important events in labor history—even though it happened right here.
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How Chicago became ‘hog butcher for the world’
Chicago’s stockyard doors may have shuttered more than 40 years ago, but their impact on the city still reverberates.