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On Thursday afternoon, over 100 Rivers Casino workers, Chicago hospitality workers and community allies rallied outside of Rivers Casino. They are calling for better working conditions and an end to management-led intimidation at Rivers. Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm is the chairman of the company that owns Rivers Casino.
Some 100 Rivers Casino employees, Chicago-area hospitality workers and other union supporters marched outside of the Des Plaines casino Thursday, calling for better working conditions and the chance to join a union.
On March 1, lunchroom workers at Noble Street Charter School employed by Chartwells ratified their first union contract covering 63 workers. While the city was closing public schools, laying-off thousands of workers with union jobs, and expanding charter schools in which lunchroom jobs are non-union, Noble lunchroom workers joined the union last August in an […]
On February 19, casino workers from Rivers Casino Pittsburgh, Rivers Casino Des Plaines and Sugarhouse Casino in Philadelphia rallied outside Walton Street Capital’s Chicago headquarters. Workers stood together to demand an end to a labor dispute that has spread to all three properties overseen by Rush Street Gaming, a company wholly owned by Walton Street […]
On February 21, hotel workers at the Essex hotel ratified a new contract that will cover workers for five years. An overwhelming majority of workers ratified the new contract. Workers are especially excited for a great victory for housekeepers in the new contract. Starting June 1, 2014, Room Attendants’ room quota will be reduced from […]
Acie Boyd is a pilot, a flute player, and a scuba-diving enthusiast. He’s also likely to be your server if you visit Riva (700 E. Grand Ave.) at Navy Pier.
If you attended the Cubs Convention at the Sheraton hotel last weekend you might have encountered a labor union activist and not even noticed.