10th Ward alderman resurrects Labor Day celebration on Southeast Side
The way Susan Sadlowski Garza remembers it, Labor Day used to be a grand celebration.
Businesses shut down. Streets were lined with people watching floats go by. Parks hosted neighborhood fireworks shows.
“But then it just stopped,” said Sadlowski Garza, who is now an alderman in the 10th Ward. “I said ‘man, nobody does a Labor Day parade. Let’s bring it back.'”
The daughter of a famed steelworker and labor leader, Sadlowski Garza grew up on the picket lines — and this year, she wants to honor Chicago’s union roots by reviving Labor Day.
