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For Immediate Release June 16, 2017 Contact: Elliott Mallen, 312-656-5807 [email protected] Hotel Monaco Workers Ratify First Contract Hotel housekeepers at the downtown Hotel Monaco today unanimously ratified their first collective bargaining agreement. The five-year accord covering thirty workers comes nearly three years after workers first began organizing a union at the hotel. The contract includes […]
via NPR: A survey of hundreds of women working in hotels and casinos indicates widespread instances of assault by male guests. A union is pushing for legislation targeting sexual harassment on the job. (Audio Story)
via CBS Chicago: The survey found that the industries with the highest levels of harassment are hospitality and food service. “A national survey says 1 in 3 women are sexually harassed at work. Who here thinks that’s kind of low? We wanted to know about women’s experiences working in Chicago’s hotels and casinos. What we […]
via Crain’s Chicago Business: Union workers at McCormick Place aren’t too happy with the new name that the agency that runs the convention center campus is trying to give its neighborhood. That was the message delivered today by Unite Here Local 1 President Karen Kent at an annual convention of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in […]
For immediate release June 28, 2016 Contact: Noah Carson-Nelson [email protected] At Rainbow PUSH Conference, UNITE HERE Local 1 Urges Chicago: Rename McCormick Square Citing Robert McCormick’s persistent xenophobia, the hospitality workers union calls on the MPEA to reconsider the title “McCormick Square” for Chicago’s Newest Neighborhood CHICAGO– This morning, at the Annual International Convention of […]
Noah Carson-Nelson [email protected] CHICAGO — On March 21, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chicago Regional Office issued a federal complaint against the Ameristar Casino East Chicago which is owned and operated by Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. The alleged violations include firing a bartender on the basis of her union activity and threatening employees—all alleged to violate […]