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Early this morning, the approximately 25,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union walked out on strike to continue their effort to create schools – and workplaces – that can provide the best education possible for our city’s children. UNITE HERE Local 1, which represents 3,200 lunchroom workers in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), stands strongly […]
Editor’s Note: The plight of immigrant women in this country has been on my mind lately as I put the finishing touches on my news story for New America Media. A few months ago, I was selected for a fellowship that requires the publication of a news story about an immigrant woman. I was intrigued […]
Labor unrest at Hyatt Hotels Corp. escalated Monday as Unite Here called for a global boycott of the Chicago-based hotel chain and the company took out a full-page Washington Post ad blasting the union campaign and defending its workplace practices.
One Day Longer. That’s what they say on the picket line when you ask when a strike will end. The dedication to the cause continues on until a just contract can finally settle a dispute between employer and workers. For nine years now, workers from Congress Hotel in Chicago have walked the picket line in […]
Nine years ago on Father’s Day, 130 members of Unite Here Local 1 struck the Congress Hotel in downtown Chicago after the owner—centi-millionaire, (sometimes) Swiss-based global businessman Albert Nasser—refused to give workers the same contract that other unionized Loop hotels had signed. After a few arguments with police (and some arrests) ended in confirmation of […]
On Friday, outside the front doors of the Congress Plaza Hotel, a group of striking hotel workers were joined by hundreds of supporters marching in a noisy picket line to mark the ninth anniversary of the nation’s longest-running strike.
Hundreds of supporters gathered at the Congress Hotel Friday to support the 60 workers from UNITE HERE! Local 1 who have been on the picket line in front of the hotel for nine years. For about two hours, a diverse group of demonstrators gathered together to show support for the hotel workers strike, which according […]