Chicago Labor History Tours

Dates
Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August 16

Times
Saturday:

9 a.m.–1 p.m.*

2 p.m.–6 p.m. ◊

Sunday:

9 a.m.–1 p.m.*

10 a.m.–2 p.m. ◊

REGISTRATION FOR TOURS IS CLOSED.

Join your AFSCME family and the Illinois Labor History Society for a guided labor history tour of Chicago. 

You’ll walk the streets of the historic Pullman neighborhood and learn about the lives and struggles of the workers who built the famed Pullman Sleeping Cars. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was the country’s first Black union under the leadership of A. Philip Randolph in the 1920s and 30s. 

You’ll visit the cemetery that is the final resting place of the Haymarket Martyrs and see the monument in their honor. As one of the most important events in American labor history that inspired the annual May Day recognition of workers, the monument stands as a reminder of the sacrifice of the labor activists who were framed and executed for a deadly bombing.

Guides will help bring this history to life and introduce you to some of the most significant figures in labor history. Sunday’s tours will conclude with enough time to return to your hotel before the Delegates’ Reception begins at 5:00 p.m.

Shuttle buses will board one hour before each tour.

* Departing from the front entrance of Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.

◊ Departing from McCormick Place South Building, Gate 3.

Wear comfortable shoes and clothing and bring water.

Boxed lunches will be provided.