The United Electrical Workers union is teaming up with an art group to save a historic mural — considered one of the oldest public art pieces in the Chicago area — inside its Near West Side meeting…
A crew from Terry Dowd removes a section of the “Solidarity” mural on the interior walls of the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America union hall, March 4, 2024. The United Electrical Workers union is teaming up with an art group to save a historic mural — considered one of the oldest public art pieces in the Chicago area — inside its Near West Side meeting hall, a space that will soon be developed into apartments.
“It’s really important for us to safeguard and protect these old works of art that preserve the history and culture of the union labor movement,” said Chantal Healey, executive director of the Chicago Public Art Group. In 1948, the western region of UE moved in, continuing the building’s legacy as a space for social advocacy. The building has been featured in the Chicago Architecture Center’s annual Open House Chicago tour.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many of UE’s operations have been conducted remotely. Gentrification has also transformed the neighborhood, making parking impractical for employees. The sale to the apartment developer was finalized Tuesday. For Weber, the most striking piece of the mural depicts a suit-clad industrialist clutching a safe, sounded by symbols of oppression and violence – the military, guns and even a member of the Ku Klux Klan. A group of workers encircles them with fists in the air.
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