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George Halas, nicknamed “Papa Bear”, was the founder of the Chicago Bears and coached the team from 1958 to 1967. He officially retired in 1967, but still kept watch over the team and saved his office space at the headquarters. He passed away in 1983 and the following fall when the Bears won the Superbowl in 1985, the team dedicated their win to Halas. When Halas joined the ranks of the ten teams, the league was in its infancy. He was instrumental to its growth and was considered a good coach and person.

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Frank Annunzio, an Italian-American member of the Democratic Party, was first elected to the United States House of Representatives from a Chicago district in 1964. Prior to his political career, Annunzio was a high school teacher and a labor leader of the United Steelworkers of America. He was state Secretary of Labor from 1949 to 1952, under Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Annunzio was reelected thirteen times, serving as a member of Congress from 1965 to 1993, before deciding not to run for reelection. In 1989, Congressman Annunzio attracted nation-wide attention for encouraging credit card holders to cut up or burn their cards to help force down interest rates. He died in 2001 of complications from Parkinson's Disease. 

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Led by coach Mike Ditka, the 1985 Chicago Bears championship football team was widely regarded as one of the most dominant in NFL history. The Bears went 15-1 in the regular season, did not allow the New York Giants to score any points in the divisional round of playoffs, and held the Los Angeles Rams scoreless to win the NFC Championship. The team then went on to defeat the New England Patriots 46-10 to win the Super Bowl. The roster included quarterback Jim McMahon, defensive tackle William "Refrigerator" Perry and running back Walter Payton. 

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The Chicago Bulls basketball team won the NBA Championship in 1991, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games during a best-of-seven series. Notably, it was star shooting guard Michael Jordan's first championship; the Bulls would go on to secure a "three-peat" by winning the next two consecutive championship titles. Jordan also won the scoring title and the honor of Most Valuable Player in 1991. The team was coached by Phil Jackson, and small forward Scottie Pippen, power forward Horace Grant, point guard John Paxson and center Bill Cartwright filled out the rest of the starting roster. 

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Led by coach Mike Ditka, the 1985 Chicago Bears championship football team was widely regarded as one of the most dominant in NFL history. The Bears finished the regular season with a 15-1 record and went on to defeat the New England Patriots to win the Super Bowl. The team released a rap song performed by the players called "Super Bowl Shuffle," which reached Number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100 list. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for best rhythm and blues performance by a duo or group, but lost to "Kiss" by artist Prince. 

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We Deserve a Living Wage is the rallying cry for proponents of the new Living Wage standard for minimum income levels for Americans.  “Living wage” differs from “minimum wage” in that a living wage is seen as the minimum income an individual needs to earn to support themselves or their family in order to meet basic needs, and bring them above the poverty level.  A minimum wage is typically less than a living wage.  Living wage laws have been passed in several cities, but they do not apply to the population as a whole – only to companies that have government contracts or that receive certain forms of financial assistance from the government. 

Minimum wage laws differ from state to state but they apply to the whole population.  There are many studies being conducted as to what constitutes a living wage, most notably those being published by MIT.  The National Employment Law Project states there are over a dozen legislative or ballot proposals expected to be made in 2016 pushing for living wage increases. 

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The Delano Grape Strike was a labor strike in California that began in September of 1965, and lasted for more than five years. The striking workers, led by Cesar Chavez and others, formed the United Farm Workers and demanded wages equivalent to the federal minimum wage. Through grassroots efforts, including consumer boycotts of non-union grapes, the United Farm Workers succeeded in reaching a collective bargaining agreement with the grape growers in July 1970. 

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Union Fighting Funds support union members involved in labor disputes with employers. The fighting funds are financed by union employees who contribute portions of their pay to the fund. United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of American (UE) Local 107 operated from 1936 to 1986 at the South Philadelphia Works of the Westinghouse Company in Lester, Pennsylvania. Westinghouse employees threatened to strike in 1952, and breakdown in labor talks culminated in a major walk-out in 1955 involving 45,560 employees shutting down half the company’s production.

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The Salad Bowl strike began in August 1970 and led to the largest farm worker strike in American history. Led by United Farm Workers against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, it culminated in the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in 1975. In summer 1970, 6,000 drivers and packing workers (represented by the Teamsters) went on strike, causing the price of lettuce to triple instantly. The UFW, outraged because their jurisdiction over field workers was lost, supported a nationwide boycott of any lettuce that was not picked by members of the UFW. The strike ended on March 26, 1971, when the Teamsters and UFW signed an agreement restating the UFW’s right to organize field workers.

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The Delano Grape Strike was a labor strike in California that began in September of 1965, and lasted for more than five years. The striking workers, led by Cesar Chavez and others, formed the United Farm Workers and demanded wages equivalent to the federal minimum wage. Through grassroots efforts, including consumer boycotts of non-union grapes, the United Farm Workers succeeded in reaching a collective bargaining agreement with the grape growers in July 1970.