The Pullman neighborhood now celebrates Labor Day every year in style, heralding its place as the “Hometown of the American Labor Movement" and its role in a fight for fair wages and working conditions. The 2024 Chicago Labor Day Parade & Eddie Fest returns Saturday to the historic worker community industrialist George Pullman originally built for for the workers at his luxury sleeper train car factory. The Labor Day Parade will step off at noon at 103rd Street & Cottage Grove Avenue It will continue to 114th Street before turning north on S.
St. Lawrence Avenue to head to Arcade Park. Eddie Fest, named after the famous labor activist Eddie "Oil Can" Sadlowski from U.
S. Steel's erstwhile South Works mill on Chicago's Southeast Side, will take place from 1-4 p.m.
at Arcade Park and Pullman Park on the grounds of the Pullman National Historic Park. The parade will feature more than 100 floats representing unions, businesses, community groups and politicians. The South Shore Drill Team will perform.
"It will feature more of the local unions as well as partner organizations," Historic Pullman Foundation Communications & Membership Director Bart Darress said. Eddie Fest will include bounce houses, children's games, food trucks, craft vendors, a live band and a DJ. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts "There will be a big celebration with live music stages, five or six food trucks and tents," he said.
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