George Pullman created a company town for his employees, but it came at a cost for his workers, while benefitting Pullman’s bottom line. Aired 10/06/2023.

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in 1898 that a company town was illegal, forcing Pullman Co. to sell off the homes, which were subsequently incorporated into Chicago.

Pullman: a man, a company, a town, a movement. The story of Pullman represents a nexus of race, class, and politics that defined the labor movement, laid the foundation for a Black middle class, ...

The area known as Pullman on Chicago’s far South Side was established by the industrialist George Pullman in the late 19th century. The sprawling company town he built there witnessed major ...

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Named after its founder, Pullman was to be a company town: a planned community in which an individual corporation owns all of the businesses and housing, in the name of centralizing production.

Pullman was among the country’s first planned company towns and founded in the 1880s to house Pullman factory workers. The workers launched a national strike in 1894 that was a major milestone ...

THE PULLMAN COMPANY SUED.; CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING TWO ENGLISHMEN OF THEIR LANDS. Share full article. Aug. 16, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives.