FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 6, 2024 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Hotel Workers Launch Boycott of Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago-Downtown Chicago Federation of Labor, Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council announce support for the boycott during rally & speak-out outside the hotel CHICAGO – Today, Chicago hotel workers launched a boycott of the Holiday Inn & […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 27, 2024 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Workers at hotel owned by Northwestern Memorial HealthCare face barriers to healthcare, have difficulty affording basic necessities Union’s report finds some workers at the Hyatt Centric Magnificent Mile have no health insurance, rely on public assistance CHICAGO – Today, UNITE HERE Local 1 […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 19 CONTACT Patrick Griffin, [email protected], 773-812-2491 Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Signature Room Workers Rally Support to Get their Jobs Back as 95th & 96th Floors of John Hancock Building Seek New Tenant Restaurant workers deliver over 1,000 letters to owners of iconic restaurant and lounge space from community members pledging […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 8 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Selina Hotel Workers ask City of Chicago: Am I Losing My Job? Workers protest sudden layoffs as Magnificent Mile hotel is slated to shelter unhoused individuals CHICAGO – Today, hotel workers from the Selina Hotel protested their sudden layoffs near the corner of Michigan and Chestnut […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 25, 9PM CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Workers of Berlin Nightclub Launch Boycott Berlin workers ask community not to patronize the famed Chicago venue until owners agree to a fair contract CHICAGO – Today, workers of the Berlin Nightclub announced a boycott and asked the community not to patronize the venue. […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 2 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Hospitality Workers’ Union Files Federal Lawsuit Against Signature Room Operator for Violating WARN Act CHICAGO – Today, UNITE HERE Local 1 filed a complaint in federal court against Infusion Management Group, Inc, the operator of the Signature Room at the 95th and the Signature Lounge […]
http://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.png00Sarah Lyonshttp://www.unitehere1.org/wp-content/uploads/local1logo.pngSarah Lyons2023-10-02 15:53:452023-10-02 17:30:42Hospitality Workers’ Union Files Federal Lawsuit Against Signature Room Operator for Violating WARN Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 21 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 *B-ROLL and PHOTOS of today’s strike vote and last month’s informational picketing outside Wrigley Field available at www.unitehere1.org/Media* Compass Levy Concessions Workers at Wrigley Field Authorize Strike Workers seek fair contract, equal treatment to workers at Sox Park and United Center CHICAGO – Today, […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 8 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Illegal lock out at the Kinzie Hotel ends, workers reinstated Chicago – After a bargaining session between UNITE HERE Local 1 and the Kinzie Hotel on Thursday, September 7, the illegal lock out has ended. The parties worked through the night to reach a […]
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Hotel Workers Launch Boycott of Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago-Downtown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 6, 2024 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Hotel Workers Launch Boycott of Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago-Downtown Chicago Federation of Labor, Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council announce support for the boycott during rally & speak-out outside the hotel CHICAGO – Today, Chicago hotel workers launched a boycott of the Holiday Inn & […]
Workers at hotel owned by Northwestern Memorial HealthCare face barriers to healthcare, have difficulty affording basic necessities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 27, 2024 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Workers at hotel owned by Northwestern Memorial HealthCare face barriers to healthcare, have difficulty affording basic necessities Union’s report finds some workers at the Hyatt Centric Magnificent Mile have no health insurance, rely on public assistance CHICAGO – Today, UNITE HERE Local 1 […]
Signature Room Workers Rally Support to Get their Jobs Back as 95th & 96th Floors of John Hancock Building Seek New Tenant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 19 CONTACT Patrick Griffin, [email protected], 773-812-2491 Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Signature Room Workers Rally Support to Get their Jobs Back as 95th & 96th Floors of John Hancock Building Seek New Tenant Restaurant workers deliver over 1,000 letters to owners of iconic restaurant and lounge space from community members pledging […]
Selina Hotel Workers ask City of Chicago: Am I Losing My Job?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 8 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Selina Hotel Workers ask City of Chicago: Am I Losing My Job? Workers protest sudden layoffs as Magnificent Mile hotel is slated to shelter unhoused individuals CHICAGO – Today, hotel workers from the Selina Hotel protested their sudden layoffs near the corner of Michigan and Chestnut […]
Workers of Berlin Nightclub Launch Boycott
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 25, 9PM CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Workers of Berlin Nightclub Launch Boycott Berlin workers ask community not to patronize the famed Chicago venue until owners agree to a fair contract CHICAGO – Today, workers of the Berlin Nightclub announced a boycott and asked the community not to patronize the venue. […]
Hospitality Workers’ Union Files Federal Lawsuit Against Signature Room Operator for Violating WARN Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 2 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Hospitality Workers’ Union Files Federal Lawsuit Against Signature Room Operator for Violating WARN Act CHICAGO – Today, UNITE HERE Local 1 filed a complaint in federal court against Infusion Management Group, Inc, the operator of the Signature Room at the 95th and the Signature Lounge […]
Compass Levy Concessions Workers at Wrigley Field Authorize Strike
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 21 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 *B-ROLL and PHOTOS of today’s strike vote and last month’s informational picketing outside Wrigley Field available at www.unitehere1.org/Media* Compass Levy Concessions Workers at Wrigley Field Authorize Strike Workers seek fair contract, equal treatment to workers at Sox Park and United Center CHICAGO – Today, […]
Illegal lock out at the Kinzie Hotel ends, workers reinstated
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 8 CONTACT Sarah Lyons, [email protected], 312-385-0603 Illegal lock out at the Kinzie Hotel ends, workers reinstated Chicago – After a bargaining session between UNITE HERE Local 1 and the Kinzie Hotel on Thursday, September 7, the illegal lock out has ended. The parties worked through the night to reach a […]