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Majestic Star Casino union employees are trying to preserve their health care and other benefits as they negotiate a new contract, but talks have stalled as the company requested changes to the benefits package and seniority.
While the popular (and often controversial) discussion about “having it all” and “leaning in” continues in the news, the ladies of UNITE HERE Local 1 were honored to have lunch with Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle – a woman who knows a thing or two about being a leader. From finding that all-important work/life balance […]
My name is Linda O’Neal and ever since I was a young girl I loved to help people and make a difference in anyone’s life before making one in my own. This is why I have taken a leave of absence from the W Lakeshore Hotel where I work as a room service attendant to […]
After four year dispute, new contracts provides thousands of dollars in back pay Hyatt workers in Chicago have ratified local contracts with Hyatt Hotels, resolving a longstanding dispute between workers and the hotel company that began in 2009. The agreement covers 1500 workers from Hyatt Regency Chicago, Hyatt McCormick Place, the Park Hyatt and Hyatt […]
Chicago Public Schools began laying off 200 lunchroom workers Friday in the latest round of pink slips issued by the cash-strapped district. CPS officials said in a press release that the layoffs would save $4 million and are part of “an effort to align school cafeteria staffing with industry standards and to realize budgetary savings.”
Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that an additional 200 cafeteria workers will be the latest to receive layoff notices, pushing to more than 3,000 the number of staff cut this summer.
Over the past few years, the National School Lunch program has become a hot button issue as legislators and the Obama Administration took up the fight against hunger and obesity, two epidemics intrinsically tied to each other and to our food system. In 2012, Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign collaborated with the USDA on new rules […]