This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that l1siteadmin contributed 289 entries already.
Contact: Joe Shansky, jshansky@unitehere1.org As Chicago braces for Lollapalooza crowds this weekend, housekeepers, laundry workers, and restaurant workers at the Loop’s Hotel Monaco are calling for an end to pain that housekeepers experience on the job. Monaco workers, a majority of whom are immigrant women, picketed the hotel throughout the day on July 31st, joined by […]
Background: In the past month, immigrant union workers at a Chicago-area meatpacking plant have been subjected to fear and arrests, and will be subjected to, in the words of Congressman Luis Gutierrez, “needless and harmful collateral damage to…families and children.” For decades, UNITE HERE Local 1 has represented workers at Ruprecht Company, based in Mundelein, IL. […]
Union leaders from across the country to gather in East Chicago, call for fair contract for Ameristar workers EAST CHICAGO, IN – Union leaders and hundreds of union members from as far as Tunica, Mississippi plan to converge outside the Ameristar Casino grounds on Tuesday, to sound support for the ongoing boycott and Ameristar employees […]
EAST CHICAGO, IN – The union for workers in gaming, hotels, and food service industries, UNITE HERE, has launched a new website intended as a resource for customers of Northwest Indiana casinos who need to know whether labor disputes could affect their plans in the area. The website, www.indianagamingalert.org, will be regularly updated with information […]