THREATENED: Sale of United Electrical Workers Union Hall Endangers Mural

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A portion of the “Solidarity” mural at the United Electrical Workers union hall at 37 S. Ashland Ave. Photo credit: Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times

Near West Side union hall’s sale could mean ‘heartbreaking’ destruction of historic union-themed mural; Completed in 1974 by Chicago artists John Pitman Weber and Jose Guerrero, the painting is inside the United Electrical Workers union hall, which soon could be sold and redeveloped, Sun-Times staff, 12/3/23

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