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10-year strike at Congress Plaza Hotel is over

A 10-year strike at the Congress Plaza hotel in downtown Chicago — believed to be the longest hotel strike in the world –has ended. A attorney for the hotel said Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, has offered an unconditional return to work as of midnight Wednesday.

After a decade long struggle, the Congress Hotel strike comes to an end

With the 10th anniversary of the Congress Hotel strike approaching, UNITE HERE Local 1, the union representing Chicago’s hospitality workers, announced the end of strike. It is widely recognized as the world’s longest strike and has received support in a broad segment of the community. On June 15, 2003, Father’s Day that year, 130 members […]

O’Hare Airport Workers Advocate for Local, Sustainable Food

If you fly at all, chances are you’ve visited Chicago’s O’Hare Airport – 66 million of us spent some time there just in 2012 – and while you were waiting for flights, you probably got something to eat. When I think of O’Hare, a ride on the long automated walkway is usually the first image […]