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 found was shocking.”
Amongst hotel workers, 58 percent of women had been harassed by a guest…
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 a crusade to push the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to reconsider the name McCormick Square for its sprawling Near South Side campus…
via Progress Illinois:
UNITE HERE says a Chicago official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be fired over an immigration audit at a unionized meat packing plant in Mundelein.
The recent audit at the Ruprecht Company by ICE has led to eight arrests and 36 firings or resignations, according to UNITE HERE, which represents workers at the plant.
On Wednesday, the union release a new video about the audit and its impact on workers at Ruprecht.
A Premier Food Service Company at McCormick Place
IMMEDIATE Openings For:
Date: Thursday, April 16th
Time: 9am-2pm
Location: 270◦ Restaurant (West Building)
McCormick Place Convention Center
2301 S. Indiana Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60616
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UNITE HERE Local 1 posts job announcements solely as a service to its members. Local 1 does not sponsor any of the job announcements listed on this site.
A Premier Food Service Company at McCormick Place
IMMEDIATE Openings For
Date: Friday, April 17th
Time: 9am-2pm
Location: 270◦ Restaurant (West Building)
McCormick Place Convention Center
2301 S. Indiana Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60616
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UNITE HERE Local 1 posts job announcements solely as a service to its members. Local 1 does not sponsor any of the job announcements listed on this site.
After calling on their employer for a fair process to organize a union, workers at Kimpton’s Hotel Monaco & Hotel Burnham in Chicago continue to mobilize, and fight for respect. More information: http://www.unitehere1.org/?p=3418
Después de llamar a su empleador por un proceso justo de organizar la unión, los trabajadores del Hotel Monaco & Hotel Burnham de Kimpton en Chicago siguen movilizando, y luchando por respeto.
UNITE HERE Local 1 is proud to endorse Rahm Emanuel for Mayor of Chicago, along with the following McCormick Place/Navy Pier unions: IUOE Local 399, IBEW Local 134, Carpenters, Steelworkers Decorators 17u, Riggers Local 136, Plumbers 130, IATSE Local 110, and Pipefitters 547.
You can find a complete list of unions endorsing the Mayor here.
On April 7th, let’s keep winning.
To learn more about Rahm’s plan for Chicago, visit his campaign site, Chicago Together.
Below, check out our new television ad series, “Rahm Love”:
(Videos above paid for by UNITE HERE Local 1 PAC)