HAYMARKET MEMORIAL PLAQUE DEDICATION

with the Illinois AFL-CIO  on Thursday, May 1, 4:00 p.m. at the Haymarket Memorial, 175 N. Des Plaines St., Chicago, IL

 Join the Chicago Federation of Labor, the Illinois Labor History Society, and the Illinois AFL-CIO at this year’s May Day celebration.

 Around the world, the 1886 Haymarket incident and the fight for the eight-hour day is honored on May 1st—International Workers’ Day. The Haymarket Memorial Statue in Haymarket Square in Chicago was dedicated in 2004, after decades of advocacy by the Illinois Labor History Society, which sought to tell labor’s side of the incident that transpired in 1886. Since 2005, the ILHS has held May Day celebrations at the statue. Labor federations from around the world come to Chicago to dedicate commemorative plaques to the statue’s base in solidarity with and celebration of May Day. Join us at this year’s Plaque Dedication for the Illinois AFL-CIO.