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Mayor Harold Washington - NBC News - Navy Pier

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Thank you.

Thank you.

To Bruce Raines and to Don Mosley and Mary Leakey, thank you.

I don't know about this looking green and blue, but thank you for the invitation.

I do thank you because it gives me a chance to join with you and state my position, the When we came into office in 1983, we campaigned on a platform which guaranteed the people of the city of Chicago that we would do all we could to guarantee collective bargaining for public employees because Illinois and Chicago were, shall we say, dated in terms of its treatment on the part of management toward labor.

And I'll tell you this, if I can get the bond rating of the city of Chicago raised, and I did, I can probably operate as a negotiator for the two of you and bring you both to the bargaining table.

Thank you very much.

Mayor Harold Washington, let's give a round of applause.

These are the worst of times.

Long -standing professional relationships and personal friendships are being tested by a strike that is sometimes beyond our comprehension and certainly beyond our control.

We think it's time that you know where we stand.

Some of our friends have made a decision to go on strike.

Others of our friends are here in the building doing the work of the strikers.

The best efforts of the strikers will not stop this company from doing its business and the best efforts of the people still working will not equal the performance, the levels we have come to expect.

Boom! It's not right without you.

We miss you.

NBC, National Broadcasting Company.

NBC, no backward conditions.

NBC, now bargain collectively.

NBC, now bargain collectively.

NBC, now bargain collectively.

Now bargain collectively.

Now bargain collectively.

Now bargain collectively.

Now bargain collectively.

Get the foot of this thing.

Get the foot.

Get the foot.

Get the foot.

Get the foot.

Get the foot.

Get the foot.

Get the foot.

Ladies and gentlemen, for our invocation we're very honored to have the pastor of Christ Temple Baptist Church of Chicago, the Reverend Jerome Brown.

We pause to give thanks to God.

For this great composer of songs to uplift the soul of man, not only locally but throughout the entire universe.

The world finds encouragement in the songs of Zion given to us by this gifted composer.

We thank God for him.

It's encouraging when the way gets dark, the mountain gets high, and the valley is low, to sing the song that gives us all an uplift.

Precious Lord, take my hand.

So we thank you for this celebration.

Ask your blessings upon not only those thousands assembled here, but throughout the entire world.

In the name of Jesus we pray, and for his sake, amen.

To its own.

Amen.

The Dorsey Tribute Choir.

And the choir will be leaving the stage and coming back a little later and as...

Hello Washington! Thank you for everything.

Can you hear me? ...news media fulfill its journalistic responsibility in opening its networks to full ongoing funding.

The fact that the national networks have covered the death of a Soviet Iranian interpreter and the wounding of North American newsmen, plus the fact that the disappearance of Father Bourgeois has been announced in Congress and entered into the Congressional record, is clear evidence that the disappearance of Father Bourgeois warrants similar coverage.

We express our sorrow and outrage at this latest event of the murder of an interpreter.

We demand that the national media begin immediate and in -depth coverage of Father Bourgeois disappearance.

Four, scheduling investigations by the Salvadorian government and foot -drabbing by the State Department is a familiar one.

When Ambassador White expressed grave reservations about the State Department's investigations into the deaths of the North American missionary women, he was removed from office.

We view it as a rallying demonstration at Notre Dame University where President Reagan and many of us know why the man of the state and his son, the state and his daughter, were called upon to protect one another.

The kingdom belongs to the North.

Our President, Mr.

Romano, just recently appeared in one of the first committees in Washington to indicate that this, that his disappearance, is part of a larger campaign that has been going on in El Salvador to cause the disappearance of many church people working with the Salvadorian people.

Hasta ahora, amigo.

I'm the military, the security community, or El Salvador.

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Identifier
F.2005-08-0320
Date Of Production
circa 1981 – 1987
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage documents the following: Mayor Harold Washington endorses collective bargaining for the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians at a press conference held outside the Merchandise Mart concurrent with NABET’s June 1987 strike; NBC-TV anchor Carol Marin takes Washington’s place at the podium and provides moral support to NABET workers while fellow anchor Ron Magers stands beside her; William King’s 26-foot tall, 5-piece aluminum sculpture Solstice stands nearby the Lake Point Tower; the inaugural Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Festival commences at the South Shore Country Club at 7059 South Shore Drive, and features a performance by the Thomas Tribute Choir, as well as appearances by Mayor Washington and Thomas A. Dorsey himself on June 15, 1985; Demonstrators congregate in the Kluczynski Federal Building Plaza to protest the U.S. government’s support for the El Salvadoran dictatorship and to call attention to Rev. Roy Bourgeois’ April 26, 1981 disappearance; Aerial footage captures the Chicago River dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; A vessel passes underneath the drawn DuSable Bridge and shots capture the southwest bridgehouse’s relief sculpture Defense; Various televised news reports include an interview with Second Lady Joan Mondale; Brief shots present shock jock Steve Dahl in a variety of settings; A person wearing a lion suit stands beside John Henry’s aluminum sculpture Arris located at Congress Parkway between Dearborn Street and Plymouth Court; The Chicago Picasso stands in Daley Center Plaza; Various construction occurs on DePaul University’s campus and Stephen Luecking’s three-piece cement and wood sculpture St. Anne and Her Sentinels rests outside McGraw Hall; The Alexander Hamilton statue stands in Grant Park; Several shots taken from a boat on Lake Michigan show Navy Pier; Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks Commission member Ruth Moore Garbe attempts to break into the south end of Navy Pier with a pair of bolt cutters on March 24, 1985; Mayor Washington and Press Secretary Alton Miller confer outside the Merchandise Mart during NABET’s strike; Mayoral candidates Harold Washington, Richard M. Daley, and Jane Byrne engage in a debate moderated by John Callaway, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Chicago, and held at Roberto Clemente High School, 1147 N. Western Avenue on January 31, 1983.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Art
Demonstrations
Labor unions
Laborers
Political Activists
Political campaigns
Politicians
Religious services
Strikes
Preservation Sponsor

Related Collections
Subseries II: Footage


Related Places
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Near North Side
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ South Shore
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ Loop
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago ➜ West Town

Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers
Washington, Harold (is participant)
Dahl, Steve (is participant)
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
Daley, Richard M. (is participant)
Miller, Alton (is participant)
Callaway, John (is participant)
Dorsey, Thomas A. (is participant)
Garbe, Ruth M. (is participant)

 
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