CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Pullman National Monument on Chicago's Far South Side is getting some federal recognition.
The U.S. Senate passed the Pullman National Historic Park Act.
The legislation was sponsored by Illinois senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and it gives the monument's staff power to acquire more land and help with managerial operations.
Pullman is the site of the first railway strike, home of the first African-American labor union, and is considered the birthplace of Labor Day.
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