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Community Leader, Workers Lobby To Save Airport Jobs

City officials met with religious leaders and airport workers Wednesday to press for the measures to protect hundreds of jobs at Chicago’s airports. The City Council is considering a new law that would ensure union jobs and benefits if the current airport concession contract goes to another company. The proposal, called Stable Jobs Stable Airports, […]

Contracts settled for 1200 HMS Host concession workers at O’Hare

On Friday, October 19, 2012, members of UNITE HERE Local 1 who work at O’Hare Airport ratified a contract covering 1,200 HMS Host workers. This contract represents a significant commitment from HMS Host to provide quality and stable jobs for airport workers. After four months of negotiations with HMS Host, workers settled new contracts that […]

UNITE HERE Local 1 Members See Obama As Source of Inspiration (VIDEO)

As election day nears, members of UNITE HERE Local 1 were asked about what they thought of President Barack Obama and the job he has done thus far. A recurrent theme of seeing the President as a source of inspiration ran through many of their responses and was the catalyst for a new video released […]

Hyatt Worker: Why I Support the Chicago Teachers’ Strike

Hyatt workers are strongly supporting the Chicago Teachers Union in their fight for better schools. The fight of Hyatt workers and that of Chicago public school teachers is linked because Penny Pritzker, one of the leaders of the billionaire family which runs Hyatt, is also on the board of the Chicago Public Schools. Here is […]