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AFL-CIO NATIONAL CONVENTION
July 25-29, 2005
Photo essay by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review editor
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Thursday, July 29: the Haymarket Memorial
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Left: 100-degree temperatures and the split in the AFL-CIO cancelled a planned march from the convention to a new memorial marking the site of tragic 1886 events at Haymarket Square, where workers calling for the eight-hour day clashed with police in one of labor history’s epic moments.
This new memorial, located at the corner of Randolph and Des Plaines Streets, was dedicated September 14, 2004.
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Left: sculptor Mary Brogger's work depicts a speaker on a wagon platform reading from a text. |
Right: detail of the sculpture shows figures rising up to support the wagon which provides a platform to the speakers. |
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